Photos of Vilnius
Vilnius is a surprising city not only for Lithuania but also for the whole Europe. The Soul of Vilnius is the historical part of the city situated on the left bank of Nyaris (Viliya) that has been obtaining its forms during the centuries. The buildings of the Old Town bear the impress of a Romance, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque Classicism and modernist styles. The city is full of museums, temples, architectural and cultural monuments. Since 1994 the Old Town of the Lithuanian...
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The Gediminas Tower
The Gediminas Tower
One of the Lithuanian symbols of and the major sight of Vilnius is The Gediminas Tower, a complex of fortified houses of the Upper Castle kept on the mountain Zamkovaya since...
The mountain Zamkovaya
The mountain Zamkovaya
On the mountain Zamkovaya are kept the ruins of the Upper Castle, built by Grand Duke Lithuanian Gediminas. It is presupposed that earlier, approximately in the 13 century,...
Cathedral square
Cathedral square
At the Mountain’s Zamkovaya base the Saint Stanislaw and Saint Vladislav's cathedral and the Bell-tower of the Cathedral as well are situated. Nearby is being held the...
The National museum
The National museum
The National museum of Lithuania has been founded in 1952, carrying out originally the function of a historical-ethnographic museum since 1965. The National museum of Lithuania...
Cathedral belltower
Cathedral belltower
At the Cathedral Square, not far from the Saint Stanislaw and Saint Vladislav's Cathedral, the Bell-tower of the Cathedral is situated, which has earlier served as a watchtower...
Cathedral
Cathedral
The Cathedral is the most ancient cult construction of Lithuanian Christians. The Cathedral has been founded in 1251 on a place of a heathen temple to the god of a thunderstorm...
Dominikonu street
Dominikonu street
Street Dominikonu is one of the central streets in Old Town. In one of houses there lived the outstanding politician of Lithuania and the well-known composer, Prince Michael...
The Gediminas Monument
The Gediminas Monument
At the main square of Vilnius, close to the Cathedral, a monument to the founder of present capital of Lithuania, to the Grand Duke Lithuanian Gediminas is situated. The...
The Gediminas Avenue
The Gediminas Avenue
The Gediminas (Gyadiminas) Avenue is the major street of Vilnius crossing the Lithuanian capital from the Cathedral Square up to the turning of Nyaris. The Government, the...
The Lithuanian National Drama Theatre
The Lithuanian National Drama Theatre
The National Drama Theatre of Lithuania is one of the most popular in Vilnius. The surprising atmosphere of this place, the outlandish scenery, fascinating staging of the...
The Old Town
The Old Town
The Old Town is the finest part of Lithuanian capital where everyone street, each stone of a pavement breathes with antiquity. The Old Town of Vilnius includes 70 streets and...
Church Archangel Raphael
Church Archangel Raphael
The extraordinary beautiful Raphael’s church in Vilnius is situated on the right bank of the river Nyaris, not far from the Green Bridge. The building of the Church has been...
News
23/06/2009
The festival of Thomas Mann arts in Nida
The International festival of Thomas Mann arts will be held in Nida in the end of July. It is one of the most popular and significant actions of a summer cultural life in Nida. The festival attracts both citizens of Lithuania, and foreign visitors with it
19/06/2009
The National gallery comes back to Vilnius
The National art gallery (Nacionalin dails galerija) comes back to Vilnius again. Solemn ceremony of its opening takes place on the 20th of June. In this new gallery the collection of arts of the XX and XXI centuries will be presented.
04/06/2009
In hotels and restaurants of Vilnius there will be no electricity
Since the 11th of June, hotels and restaurants of Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, will start to hold the actions of protest against increase in the VAT rate up to 19.
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