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VILNIUS, LITHUANIA: ORTHODOX CHURCH OF ST. PARASKEVA

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Orthodox Church ⛪️ of St. Paraskeva with market in front.
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“Dating back to the middle of the 14th century and built on the site of what is believed to be a former pagan place of worship, the Orthodox Church of St. Paraskeva claims to be the first church in Vilnius to be made of stone and to also be the location of the baptism in 1705 of Hannibal, the African prince and great grandfather of Alexander Pushkin.” (iyp)
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Vilnius, Lithuania 🇱🇹
28dec21

VILNIUS, LITHUANIA 🇱🇹: THE CHAPEL OF OUR LADY OF THE GATE OF DAWN

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The Gate of Dawn, the chapel of Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn is in the middle behind the glass window.
Built between 1503 and 1522 .
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Vilnius, Lithuania 🇱🇹
27dec21

VILNIUS, LITHUANIA 🇱🇹: SOUTH SIDE OF THE GATE OF DAWN

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Southern side of The Gate of Dawn.
It’s a city gate and one of its most important religious, historical and cultural monuments. It is a major site of Catholic pilgrimage in Lithuania.
It was built between 1503 and 1522 as a part of defensive fortifications.
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Vilnius, Lithuania 🇱🇹
26dec21

VILNIUS, LITHUANIA 🇱🇹: IMMORTALITY

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“𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓈𝓊𝒸𝒸𝑒𝑒𝒹 𝒾𝓃 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔, 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊’𝓁𝓁 𝒷𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓋𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑒𝒹 𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑒𝓍𝒾𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝒢𝑜𝒹 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓂𝓂𝑜𝓇𝓉𝒶𝓁𝒾𝓉𝓎 𝑜𝒻 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓈𝑜𝓊𝓁.”
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𝐹𝓎𝑜𝒹𝑜𝓇 𝒟𝑜𝓈𝓉𝑜𝑒𝓋𝓈𝓀𝓎
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𝒱𝒾𝓁𝓃𝒾𝓊𝓈, 𝐿𝒾𝓉𝒽𝓊𝒶𝓃𝒾𝒶 🇱🇹
𝟤𝟩𝒹𝑒𝒸𝟤𝟣
“Idioto svajonės pačios gražiausios.”
~ Sigitas Parulskis
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Vilnius, Lithuania 🇱🇹
26dec21

VILNIUS, LITHUANIA 🇱🇹 STREET ART: BACKPACKING EINSTEIN

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👨‍🎨: @ettoja ЭТОЯ https://instagram.com/ettoja?utm_medium=copy_link

The artist used to spend a lot of time as a teenager in a computer club on the corner, so, to finally realize his dream of painting a mural in such a high-profile spot (next to the bus and train stations,) had to be surreal.
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Location: V. Šopeno g. 4 / Sodu g. 17
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Vilnius, Lithuania 🇱🇹
26dec2021

VILNIUS, LITHUANIA 🇱🇹: BASILIAN MONASTERY GATE

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The Basilian Monastery Gate
Built in 1761.
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𝐸𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝓁𝑜𝑜𝓀𝓈 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝒹, 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒𝒻𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝓁𝑜𝑜𝓀𝓈 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒢𝑜𝒹.
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𝒮𝒶𝒾𝓃𝓉 𝐵𝒶𝓈𝒾𝓁
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𝒱𝒾𝓁𝓃𝒾𝓊𝓈, 𝐿𝒾𝓉𝒽𝓊𝒶𝓃𝒾𝒶 🇱🇹
𝟤𝟨𝒹𝑒𝒸𝟤𝟣

VILNIUS, LITHUANIA 🇱🇹: RASPUTIN

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𝐹𝑜𝓇𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝓈𝑒𝑒𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑅𝒶𝓈𝓅𝓊𝓉𝒾𝓃…
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𝒱𝒾𝓁𝓃𝒾𝓊𝓈, 𝐿𝒾𝓉𝒽𝓊𝒶𝓃𝒾𝒶 🇱🇹
𝟤𝟨𝒹𝑒𝒸𝟤𝟣

RIGA, LATVIA: FREEDOM OPERA

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The Latvian National Opera and Ballet (LNOB) – Completed in 1863
The Freedom Monument 
honouring soldiers killed during the Latvian War of Independence (1918–1920). It is considered an important symbol of the freedom, independence, and sovereignty of Latvia. Built in 1930’s.

25dec21 Riga, Latvia

RIGA, LATVIA 🇱🇻: ICE, ICE BABY

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“𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝’𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗’𝚝 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎?”
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~ 𝙹𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝙺𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚊𝚌
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𝚁𝚒𝚐𝚊, 𝙻𝚊𝚝𝚟𝚒𝚊 🇱🇻
𝟸𝟺𝚍𝚎𝚌𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟷

24dec21 Riga, Latvia 🇱🇻