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 […]
Tag: Vilnius
Presidential Palace
The palace has always been representational: rulers, kings and kings-to-be-Napoleon, Stanislaus August Poniatowski, Russian Emperor Alexander I, King of France Louis XVIII and others-used to stay there on their visits to Vilnius […]
Russian Orthodox Church of the Blessed Mother of God
This Russian Orthodox church in Vilnius stands on the left bank of the Vilnia River, close to the ensemble of the Churches of St. Anne and Bernardins. Its cube-like volume and cupola dominate in the valley […]
Gothic Brick Architecture in Vilnius: Pilies (Castle) Str.
Example of Gothic brick architecture from the turn of the 16th century in Pilies Str. No. 12. The building belonged to the clergy and rented to goldsmiths, a surgeon, and pharmacists […]
Tyzenhauzų Str. building in Vilnius
The historical building in Tyzenhauzų Str. in Vilnius […]
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 […]
St. Johns’ Church
St. John’s Church in Vilnius was consecrated for saints having the name John. The first church was built soon after the Christianization of Lithuania in 1387 […]
Church of Our Lord Jesus and the Trinitarian Monastery
The Trinitarian Church of Our Lord Jesus is situated north of the Sapieha estate, on the former possessions of the Sapiehas family […]
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 […]
Alumnatas Courtyard
The buildings surrounding Alumnatas Courtyard held the papal spiritual seminary in the period from 1582 to 1798 […]
St. Ignatius Street
This by-street in Vilnius on its southwest side has the Dominican Monastery, and on the opposite side – the Church of St. Ignatius and the ensemble of the Jesuit Novitiate […]
