The Pac Mansion in Vilnius (Didžioji g. 7) was built by Mykolas Kazimieras Pacas (Pac) in 1677, who acquired the site in 1673. When the estate was finished it was one of the finest houses in Vilnius […]
Tag: Old Town
The Adam Mickiewicz Museum
It is a flat in Vilnius where Adam Mickiewicz lived and worked in December 1822. Personal items of his are held at the museum in Bernardinų St. No. 11. On display is material about the poet’s life and work, translations into Lithuanian and other languages, and permanent exposition on the Philomaths […]
The Bastion of the Vilnius Defensive Wall (III)
The Bastion of Vilnius consists of three parts: a tower, a corridor-tunnel, and a casemate. The tower was built into the defensive wall. Behind the defensive wall, the hill naturally sloped down at a right angle […]
The Bastion of the Vilnius Defensive Wall (II)
The Bastion was Vilnius’ arsenal of weapons, ammunition, weapons supplies and gunpowder. The city’s magistracy was in charge of the arming and repairs of the bastion […]
The Bastion of the Vilnius Defensive Wall (I)
The Bastion, an artillery fortification, was built near Vilnius’ defensive wall in the first half of the 17th century […]
The Central Buildings of the Old Campus of the Vilnius University
The main entrance to Vilnius University’s ensemble of the Old Campus is in the open Library Courtyard. From this courtyard, among other things, the Observatory Tower can be seen […]
Mark Antokolski House in Vilnius
In this house in Antokolski Str. No. 4 the famous 19th-century Jewish sculptor, Mark Antokolski, lived in 1843-1862 […]
Vilnius Christmas Tree
Christmas Tree decoration in Vilnius in front of Cathedral Basilica, December 2019 […]
Jewish Quarter (I)
Vilnius was called Jerusalem of the North since the mid-18th century till WWII. Before 1941, around 60.000 (1/3 of Vilnius population) Jews lived in the small, narrow streets, including artisans and merchants, who supplied products to the city and surrounding areas […]
Jewish Quarter (III)
The buildings in the Jewish Quarter in Vilnius housed many shops and stores, and many poor Jews lived there. These were probably the most densely populated premises in Vilnius […]
