Sights in Vilnius
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Angel of Užupis statue
This statue of an angel blowing a trumpet and standing on an egg is the oddball symbol of Vilnius' strangest district.
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Bust of Gaon Elijahu
For a more casual glimpse of Jewish life, walk down Žydų gatvė to the memorial Bust of Gaon Elijahu, imagining how life once was. There's a map of the two main Jewish ghettos during WWII at Rūdninkų gatvė 18, which used to be the single gate to the largest ghetto.
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Synagogue
The main Synagogue is near the Tolerance Centre.
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Vilna Gaon Jewish State Museum of Lithuania, The Green House
Vilna Gaon Jewish State Museum of Lithuania, The Green House, is one of the Jewish State Museum's three branches, and dedicated to the holocaust in Lithuania.
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Vilna Gaon Jewish State Museum of Lithuania, The Tolerance Centre
Vilna Gaon Jewish State Museum of Lithuania, the Tolerance Centre, one of three branches of the Jewish State Museum, stages community events and exhibits the works of prominent Lithuanian Jewish artists
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Synagogue
The main Synagogue is near the Tolerance Centre.
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Basilian Gates
Basilian Gates are a late baroque archway that lead to the dilapidated Holy Trinity Church.
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Church of All Saints
To the south of St Catherine's Church lies the unsung and similarly peach-hued Church of All Saints.
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St Teresa's Church
Catholic St Teresa's Church is early baroque (1635-50) outside and more elaborate late baroque inside.
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Angel of Užupis statue
This statue of an angel blowing a trumpet and standing on an egg is the oddball symbol of Vilnius' strangest district.
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Church of the Assumption
The recently reconsecrated Church of the Assumption is symbolic of the incredible renovation sweeping through the Old Town.
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St Catherine's Church
Peering north from Vokiečių you'll spot St Catherine's Church displaying Vilnius' trademark peach baroque style.
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Holy Spirit Church
The Holy Spirit Church is Vilnius' primary Polish church (1679) and has one of the most elaborate baroque interiors you'll find anywhere.
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The ¿ Building
This dilapidated building with an upside-down question mark dangling from its façade undoubtedly hides secrets behind its boarded-up windows.
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National Museum
The National Museum has ethnographic exhibits, art and other displays looking at Lithuanian life up to WWII. Exhibits are in Lithuanian and Russian.
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Vilna Gaon Jewish State Museum of Lithuania
One of three branches of the museum, this centre shares a building with the Jewish Community Centre. The city's Jewish population today numbers about 4000.
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Frank Zappa Memorial
The world's first Zappa statue is oddly situated in a grim, graffiti-splashed courtyard west of Old Town. It was erected in 1995 by the local Zappa fan club.
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Vilna Gaon Jewish State Museum of Lithuania, The Green House
Vilna Gaon Jewish State Museum of Lithuania, The Green House, is one of the Jewish State Museum's three branches, and dedicated to the holocaust in Lithuania.
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St Casimir's Church
The ravishing St Casimir's Church is the oldest of Vilnius' baroque masterpieces. It was built by Jesuits (1604-15) and under Soviet rule was a museum of atheism.
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Vilnius University
The students of Vilnius University attend school on a spectacular campus featuring 13 courtyards framed by 15th-century buildings and splashed with 300-year-old frescoes.
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Orthodox Church of the Holy Spirit
Roughly behind St Teresa's is the big, pink, domed 17th-century Orthodox Church of the Holy Spirit, Lithuania's chief Russian Orthodox church and another fine baroque specimen.
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Egg Statue
This oversized egg on a nest of real twigs resided on Užupis' main square until it 'hatched' the Angel of Užupis in 2002 and moved to a grim square west of Old Town.
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Vilna Gaon Jewish State Museum of Lithuania, The Tolerance Centre
Vilna Gaon Jewish State Museum of Lithuania, the Tolerance Centre, one of three branches of the Jewish State Museum, stages community events and exhibits the works of prominent Lithuanian Jewish artists
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Centre for Stateless Cultures
Vilnius University houses the world's first Centre for Stateless Cultures, established for those cultures that lack statehood, such as Jewish, Roma and Karaimic (Karaite) cultures, in its history faculty.
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Museum of Applied Arts
Exhibitions on the ambitious Royal Palace reconstruction project fill the must-see Museum of Applied Arts, in the old arsenal at the foot of Gediminas Hill. The museum also has many items from the original palace on display.
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