Vilnius Cathedral Basilica Of St. Stanislaus And St. Vladislaus

The Belfry of the Cathedral Basilica in Vilnius

Posted on 2019-10-172019-10-17 by Vladislav B. Sotirovic

The belfry of the Cathedral Basilica (height – 57 m with the cross) is many-layered both from the historical and architectural viewpoint […]

Cathedral Basilica of St. Stanislaus and St. Vladislaus

Posted on 2019-08-222019-08-22 by Vladislav B. Sotirovic

The Cathedral is today in the Classicist style with the impressive bell tower (belfry). In 1783-1801 it was redesigned by famous Lithuanian Classicist architect Laurynas Gucevičius. The Cathedral’s most valuable part is the spacious Baroque-style St. Casimir’s Chapel which was built from 1610 to 1632 for holding the remains of Lithuanian St. Casimir (declared in 1604 by Pope Clemens VIII as the saint […]