Cathedral (Arkikatedra Bazilika) Vilnius

Katedros aikste 1, Vilnius , Lithuania - Phone: 261 11 27
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    Trakai National Park

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    ... the old town ot the new town.  The SS Peter and Paul Cathedral is probably the most beautifully decorated cathedral there is in Vilnius, at least for its interior. All the walls are covered with relief, angles, skeletons, figurines. Very different ...

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    Baroque Old Town

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         I have arrived in Vilnius, Lithuania since last night. Didn't really have too much time for sightseeing before sunset. So I checked into my hostel and had a nice chat with several fellow travellers from around the world and ...

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    Holy holy Vilnius (Old Town 3 of 6)

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    ... travel to faraway places to watch, in fascination, the kind of people they ignore at home - Dagobert D. Runes, US writer · Vilinus, Lithuania. · Prague time +1hr · Days to get to Prague - 4 The difference of Vilnius So here's a question ...

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    East Still

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    ... in Europe. Judging from first sight, the writer had never been to L'viv !!! It appeared nice with loads of churches. The Cathedral however was fairly plain.   The next morning, we left and went to a flower market. Nobody was interested in the ...

  • 5

    Very lovely Vilnius

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    ... shelves etc....At 3:45am we were woken again to get our passports back.......THEN, about an hour later, we crossed the border to Lithuania, so more officials came knocking to look at our passports etc. During this time, we also had to endure a whole ...

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    Vilnius, Beauty and Horror

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    ... then shown the Presidential Palace and the University buildings, both in the old town.The group then walked down to Cathedral Square where the original settlement was made. The Cathedral is very NeoClassical in appearance but has been altered several ...

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    Vilnius, January 7, 2006 - Saturday

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    ... ' baznycia was built in the 17th century by the then Bishop of Vilnius who attempted to hide some of the cathedral goodies around Vilnius before the advancing invasion of marauding Swedish hordes. The Swedes caught him, but also for some reason later ...

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    Border Patrol

    ... in Russian, no such luck this time. Back to sleep as the bus continued on. Arrived just ahead of schedule in Vilnius the capital of Lithuania. It was very very cold, I guess the temperature had dropped a fair amount during the night. After we had ...

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    An orgy of baroque architecture

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        Vilnius, Lithuania was our next stop of two nights.  Although the exact location of its original capital city has been lost to time, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was the first established state in this region. Vilnius ...