A journey through the streets of Vilnius is like a journey through time. At every turn, you can encounter a different architectural style and recognise the era of a building from its surviving architectural details. This route, which runs through the Old Town and its outlying areas, invites you to travel back in time from the Gothic period to the present day.
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Reflections of different periods through architecture
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GOTHIC PERIOD | St. Nicholas Church
This church is the oldest in Vilnius. It was built next to the Western Marketplace before the Baptism of Lithuania and was used for merchants from Wes...
GOTHIC PERIOD | St. Bernardine, The Church of Saints Francis and Anne and the Bernardine Monastery Ensemble
In 1469, King Kazimieras Jogailaitis gave the Bernardines a plot of land near the Vilnia River, where the monks immediately built a wooden church, but...
GOTHIC PERIOD | Residential houses
Gothic stone houses started being built in the 15th century, but most of those that survive date back to the 16th century. They were built by the nobi...
RENAISSANCE | Residential houses
Influenced by Queen Bona Sforza, who came from Italy, the Palace was rebuilt in the Renaissance style – an unparalleled example for nobility. Later, R...
RENAISSANCE | St. Michael's Church and Bernardine Monastery
The foundation of St Michael’s Church is due to the man who held high office as the Chancellor of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Governor of Vilniu...
RENAISSANCE | The Jesuit Novitiate
At the beginning of the 17th century, the burnt-out Gothic houses that stood here were rebuilt, plastered, and the shooting holes in the defensive wal...
BAROQUE | Church of St. Theresa and the monastery of the former Discalced Carmelites
The Discalced Carmelites (also known as The Barefoot Carmelites, so called for going bare foot or being shod only in sandals) came to Vilnius from Pol...
BAROQUE | The Church of St. Johns
The Gothic-style Church of St. Johns is the first parish church in Vilnius. Dedicated to (St. John the Baptist and St. John the Apostle and Evangelist...
BAROQUE | St Catherine’s Church and the Benedictine Monastery
The church acquired its present appearance after its restoration in the early 18th century by J. C. Glaubitz, the most famous Baroque architect in Vil...
CLASSICIST STYLE | Vilnius Cathedral
For a long time, it was believed that Vilnius Cathedral was built in 1387, where the Baltic pagan god of Thunder, Perkūnas, was worshipped. However, a...
CLASSICIST STYLE | Vilnius Town Hall
In 1387, Duke Jogaila of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (GDL) granted Magdeburg rights to Vilnius. The citizens were allowed to elect their government, ...
CLASSICIST STYLE | The de Reuss Palace
This classical monument (also known as the de Choiseul Palace) in S. Daukantas Square is a counterbalance to the Presidential Palace in front of it. T...
CLASSICIST STYLE | Lopacinskis Palace
The architect M. Knackfus also designed the Lopacinskis Palace. This brick house stood here as early as the 16th century and was rebuilt into a classi...
CLASSICIST STYLE | Gurecki, Zenkovičiai and Pociejai palaces
There are three palaces of nobility lined up in front of you. All of them were rebuilt after the fires that devastated Vilnius in the mid-18th century...
HISTORICISM| Raduškevičius Palace
Although the Historicism era saw the use of architectural forms from all periods and styles, medieval styles were rarely followed in the Historicist a...
HISTORICISM | Vrublevskių Library
At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, the most luxurious palaces in Vilnius were the palaces of the nobility that were built in prestigious loca...
HISTORICISM | The Philharmonic
In 1899-1902, according to the project of Vilnius city architect K. Koroyedov, the building was reconstructed from the City Guest House into a theatre...
MODERNIST | The Academy of Sciences
The Lithuanian Academy of Sciences is located in a very special place – it used to be the building of the State Bank of Lithuania. Built in 1906-1909,...
MODERNIST | The Old Theatre of Vilnius (previously the Russian Drama Theatre)
In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Ministry of Culture renamed this building the Old Theatre of Vilnius. This name is appropriate as wha...
MODERNIST | Anton Filipovič-Dubovik House
The house was designed by the owner himself, the construction technician A. Filipovič-Dubovik. He did not have a diploma in architecture, but he built...
INTER-WAR PERIOD | Former Vilnius Department Store
Surrounded by three different streets, the building is the most modern Vilnius department store of the early 20th century, completed in 1923. The roun...
INTER-WAR PERIOD | Residential house
This is one of the most beautiful interwar residential buildings in Vilnius. The building, which is connected from the upper and lower parts, faces th...
INTER-WAR PERIOD | Antakalnis Colony
If you’ve ever waited for a trolleybus near the Church of Saints Peter and Paul, you’ll be familiar with this building. This solid block of sub-divide...
THE SOVIET PERIOD | The ‘Pergalė’ Cinema
Buildings constructed during the Stalinist period represent the Socialist Realism movement. They are like great temples – monumental, massive, pompous...
THE SOVIET PERIOD | Contemporary Art Centre
The site of the Contemporary Art Centre was long occupied by the remains of two destroyed buildings after World War II. In 1965, the ruins were remove...
THE SOVIET PERIOD | Palace of Concerts and Sports
Designed by the architects E. Chlomauskas, J. Kriukelis, and Z. Liandsbergis, the Palace of Concerts and Sports (constructed in 1971) is the only buil...
CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE | The ‘Europa’ Business Centre
The tallest commercial building in the Baltic States, built in 2002-2004, was designed by the architects Audrius Ambrasas and Vilma Adomonytė. The 33...
CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE | The ‘Europa’ Shopping Centre
The three-storey shopping centre is an integral part of the overall shopping and business complex. The façade is long and blind on the Konstitucijos A...
CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE | Business Triangle
The ‘Business Triangle’ was launched in a strategically attractive location between Goštauto and Geležinio Vilko streets after Lithuania regained its ...
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