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VILNIUS, LITHUANIA 🇱🇹 STREET ART: C🦠N-SPIRAT🦠RIAL TH🦠UGHTS

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28dec2021

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VILNIUS, LITHUANIA 🇱🇹: CAFÉS & MERMAIDS 🧜‍♀️ IN UŽUPIS

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Užupis means “beyond the river” or “the other side of the river” in Lithuanian and refers to the Vilnia River that separates the artist community from the rest of Vilnius.
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29dec21

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VILNIUS, LITHUANIA 🇱🇹: CATHEDRAL, STATUE, AND TOWER

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Vilnius Cathedral
The Cathedral Basilica of St Stanislaus and St. Ladislaus. The main Roman Catholic Cathedral of Lithuania. Dedicated to Saints Stanislaus and Ladislaus, the church is the heart of Catholic spiritual life in Lithuania.
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28dec21
Gediminas was the founder of Trakai and Vilnius, and one of the most famous rulers of ancient Lithuania. Gediminas lived from 1275 to 1341 and ruled the Grand Duchy of Lithuania for 25 years. He moved the capital of Lithuania from Trakai to Vilnius. He was best known as a diplomat who drew Europe’s attention to Lithuania. It was in Gediminas’ letters to Western Europe in 1323 that first mention the name of Vilnius. This date is now considered to mark the beginning of Vilnius. (govilnius)
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Gediminas’ Tower is the only surviving part of that castle built by Gediminas.
Built 1409.

VILNIUS, LITHUANIA 🇱🇹: THE CHURCH UNDER THE SKIES

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“𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝙷𝚄𝚁𝙲𝙷 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚘 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛-𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎, 𝚠𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑, 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚍, 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎.” 𝙹𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝙺𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚊𝚌 𝚅𝚒𝚕𝚗𝚒𝚞𝚜, 𝙻𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚞𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚊 🇱🇹 𝟸𝟿𝚍𝚎𝚌𝟸𝟷
Another church ⛪️. Walked past it on the way to Užupis. Looks old and beautiful, so…

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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28dec21

VILNIUS, LITHUANIA: HÅLES MARKET & PILIES STREET

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Hales Market
“In the 15th century, the site of the current marketplace was initially named the Horse Market. Later, in the 16th century, it became known as the Grain Market, when, after the city wall was built, it found itself in the suburbs. In 1906, at the intersection of Pylimo and Bazilijonų Streets, a new market was erected, designed by Vilnius architect and engineer Vaclovas Michnevičius with help from local entrepreneur Petras Vileišis. For a long time, the building now known as Halės Market continued to be called the Grain Market, and only in 1914 did the name Halės Market take over. This is the oldest marketplace still operating in Vilnius.” (govilnius)
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27dec2021
“Pilies Street is the oldest street in the Old Town of Vilnius. It formed in the place of the former road from Vilnius Castle to the south, towards Poland and Russia. This was the main road to the castle, with its branches eventually turning into side streets. The name of Pilies street was mentioned in historical annals dating back as far as 1530.” (Govilnius)
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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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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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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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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