Romantic poet Juliusz Słowacki lived in this house in the courtyard with breaks from 1811 to 1829. After entering the yard, you can see a memorial plaque and a bust of the writer on the wings of a swan on the wall on your left side [...]
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The fresco-painting composition "The Seasons" in the Lithuanian Philology Centre at Philology Faculty at Vilnius University [...]
The observatory building with Classicist cylindric towers was build to secure the heavy meridian quadrant. The courtyard can be entered from the Great (Skarga) Courtyard [...]
The courtyard is named after the author of the first history books of Lithuania written in the Lithuanian language. The first book on the history of Lithuania "The Deeds of Ancient Lithuanians and Samogitians" was written by Simonas Daukantas (1793-1864) in 1822 while he was still studying at Vilnius University [...]
The exhibition of photographs of Vilnius University and Monastery Quarter of Old Town in Vilnius. All photographs are copyrighted by Vladislav B. Sotirovic [...]
The Catholic Vilnius University was established by the Jesuit Order in 1579 when on April 1st, the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania Stephen Bathory issues a royal charter recognizing the Jesuit College into a university. The Old Campus of the university has 13 courtyards [...]
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 [...]
