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VILNIUS – Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights – PartizanThe Museum of Deportation & Resistance documents Lithuania's struggles with foreign oppression, between 1940 and 1990. The spirit of resistance was encompassed by the partisan Forest Brothers, who fought against Soviet occupation. Led by J [...]
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VILNIUS – Museum of Occupations and Freedom FightsThe Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights in Vilnius, Lithuania, was established in 1992 by order of the Minister of Culture and Education and the president of the Lithuanian Union of Political Prisoners and Deportees. In 1997, it was trans [...]
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VILNIUS – Saint Casimir – Patron Saint of LithuaniaSaint Casimir Jagiellon (October 3, 1458 – March 4, 1484) was a prince of the Kingdom of Poland and of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Second oldest son of King Casimir IV, he was tutored by Johannes Longinus, a Polish chronicler and diplomat. A [...]
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KAUNAS – Lithuanian ZOO – Bubo Bubo Eagle OwlLithuanian Zoological Garden was founded by the renowned Lithuanian naturalist – Prof. Tadas Ivanauskas (1882-1970). When the Zoo was opened in 1938, his prime objective was to educate the visiting public about nature protection and to promote [...]
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VILNIUS – The National Museum – Palace of the Grand Dukes of LithuaniaThe Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania is a palace in Vilnius, Lithuania. It was originally constructed in the 15th century for the rulers of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the future Kings of Poland. The palace, located in the lower cas [...]
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VILNIUS – Magni DucatusThe Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a European state that lasted from the 13th century to 1795, when the territory was partitioned among the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Prussia and Austria. The state was founded by the Lithuanians, one of the [...]
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VILNUIS – Vilnius AiportVilnius Airport is the international airport of Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. It is located 5.9 km south of the city. It is the largest of the four commercial airports in Lithuania by passenger traffic. The construction of an airport buil [...]
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VILNIUS – Transatlantic Flight Lituanica 1933 – Steponas Darius – Stasys GirėnasDarius and Girėnas were two flyers of Lithuanian descent who decided to bring their mother country into the world’s spotlight by being the first Lithuanians to fly nonstop in a single-engine plane from the United States to Lithuania. Today, Da [...]
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ANYKSCIAI – The Treetop Walking PathNear the stone Puntukas there is the Treetop Walking Path. It is unique in Eastern Europe states. The Path is 300 meters long and gradually rises up to 21 meters above the ground. At the end of the Path there is a 34 meters high watchtower rev [...]
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ANYKSCIAI – Puntukas BoulderThe second largest stone in Lithuania – stone Puntukas – is located in the Anyksciai Pinewood praised by the poet Antanas Baranauskas. The stone is interesting for visitors not only as the geological and mythological monument, but also as a pl [...]
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LITHUANIA – Pope Ioannes Paulus IILithuania had only recently regained independence when Pope John Paul II came to visit in 1993, from September 4 to 8, becoming the first pope in history to do so. During his stay the Holy Father reflected deeply on the motto of the trip throu [...]
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VILNIUS – Ausros Vartai – The Gates of DawnThe Gate that presently contains the Chapel with the painting of the Mother of Mercy was mentioned for the first time in 1514 under the name of the Medininkai Gate. Its Latin name Porta Acialis, or Polish name Ostra brama, which means 'The Sha [...]
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TRAKAI – Vytautas the Grand Duke of LithuaniaVytautas the Great was born in Senieji Trakai (literally: 'Old' Trakai) in 1350 and died in 1430 in Trakai. Vytautas was the Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1401 to 1429 (c. 1392-1429, from 1422–1423 he was also the Czech King*) and the King of L [...]
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VILNIUS – Churches – PanoramaThis coin gives you an overview of the most famous churches in Vilnius, Lithuania: St.John Church Three Crosses The Gates of Down St.Peter and Paul Church Saint Anne's Church
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VILNIUS – Vilnius UniversityThe University of Vilnius, one of the oldest and most famous establishments of higher education in Eastern and Central Europe, was founded in 1579. Functioning for a long time as the only school of higher learning in Lithuania, it was a preser [...]
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SIAULIAI – Hill of CrossesThe Hill of Crosses is a hill fort stretching for about 60-70 metres in an East-West direction. Its width reaches 40-50 metres, and it is a little sunk in the middle, thus its form resembles a saddle. The history of the hill is related to Chri [...]
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VILNIUS – St. John’s ChurchThe construction of the church of St. John started soon after Lithuania’s Christianisation in 1387 and was finished 1426. Originally it was Gothic. In 1571 it was taken over by Jesuits who built a wide Gothic presbytery with a passage around t [...]
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VILNIUS – King of Lithuania MindaugasLithuanian King Mindaugas (1200-1263). Mindaugas used a variety of ways to strengthen and establish his power –murdering or banishing his stronger rivals, turning peaceful or weaker dukes into vassals and using family ties to gain more influen [...]
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VILNIUS – Vilnius ChatedralVilnius Cathedral Basilica of Saint Stanislaus and Vladislaus is situated in the very centre of the city near the defensive wall of the castle. It is believed that Pagan gods were once worshiped here. This shrine is the principal symbol of the [...]
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VILNIUS – Grand Duke GediminasGrand Duke of Lithuania Gediminas – (1275–1341) was the first Lithuanian Grand Duke of the Gediminaiciai dynasty, a great diplomat and one of the three most famous Lithuanian dukes. Gediminas can also be regarded as one of the most famous medi [...]
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