Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Vilnius is the Renaissance-style Roman Catholic church, built in 1594 […]
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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 […]
Lithuanian National Museum (New Arsenal) and a Monument to King Mindaugas
Lithuanian National Museum (history & ethnology) is housed in the reconstructed 18-century building of the so-called New Arsenal […]
The Belfry of the Cathedral Basilica in Vilnius
The belfry of the Cathedral Basilica (height – 57 m with the cross) is many-layered both from the historical and architectural viewpoint […]
King Mindaugas Monument
Mindaugas was the only King of Lithuania from 1253 to 1263, a ruler who created Lithuania’s statehood. The monument to him is erected in 2003 in front of New Arsenal that is today transformed into Lithuanian National Museum […]
Church of St. Archangel Raphael
Vilnius Church of St. Archangel Raphael and the Jesuit Monastery stand at the Neris right riverside, nearby the Green Bridge, in the Šnipiškių suburb […]
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) […]
National Martynas Mažvydas Library
The National Martynas Mažvydas Library was established in 1963 and is located next to the Parliament (Seimas) building at Gedimino Ave. 51 […]
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 […]
