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 […]
Tag: Old Town
Church of the Holy Spirit & Former Dominican Monastery (Exterior)
This Vilnius church was built in 1441, and soon after given to the Dominican Order for their monastic needs. The church acquired its present appearance in 1749-1770 […]
The House of Signatories (Karol Sztral’s House)
Karol Sztral’s house in Pilies Str., today the House of Signatories. The 20 members of the Council of Lithuania signed the Act of Independence on February 16th, 1918 on the second floor of this building. Today, it is a museum […]
Church of St. Michael the Archangel
Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Vilnius is the Renaissance-style Roman Catholic church, built in 1594 […]
Evangelical Lutheran Church
The church was established in 1555 and was visited not only by the German merchants in Vilnius living around the Town Hall, but other inhabitants that had converted to Lutheranism used the Lutheran school, library, hospital, pharmacy, kindergarten, and homes for the elderly and orphans […]
Church of the Assumption of the Holy Virgin Mary and the Franciscan Monastery
This church, established by the Franciscan Order before Lithuania’s Christianization, is one of the oldest buildings in Vilnius (first half of the 14th century) […]
M. K. Čiurlionis Memorial Flat Museum
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911) was a famous Lithuanian Symbolist painter and composer as well as a pioneer of professional Lithuanian modern music. He lived in this building in Vilnius Old Town in 1907-1908 […]
Vilnius Old Town Hall
The current Classicist Town Hall was designed by Vilnius Classicist architect Laurinas Gucevičius in 1785-1799 after the demolition in 1781 […]
Church of Blessed Mary the Comforter and the Augustine Monastery
These buildings are monuments of late Baroque. The church is the last one Baroque church built in Vilnius by an unknown architect in 1746-1768 […]
The Church of St. Parasceve
In this Vilnius’ church’s predecessor, in 1705 during the Northern War (1700-1721) when the Russian Imperial army was stationed Vilnius, an Abyssinian soldier fighting for the Russians, called Abrem Hannibal (his granddaughter was the mother of the famous Russian poet Alexander Pushkin), was baptized by the Russian Emperor Peter the Great […]
Photo Slider Old Town in Vilnius: Vilnius University and Monastery Quarter
The exhibition of photographs of Vilnius University and Monastery Quarter of Old Town in Vilnius. All photographs are copyrighted by Vladislav B. Sotirovic […]
