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    The Vilnius Castle Complex (Lithuanian: Vilniaus pilių kompleksas or Vilniaus pilys) is a group of cultural, and historic structures on the left bank of...
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    Castle Hill (Lithuanian: Pilies kalnas) or Gediminas' Hill (Lithuanian: Gedimino kalnas) is a hill in Vilnius, Lithuania at the confluence of Neris and...
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  • American left-wing political media company The Crooked Castle, part of the Vilnius Castle Complex, Vilnius, Lithuania Crooked (album), by Kristin Hersh "Crocked"...
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    reached Vilnius by boat. According to Jan Długosz, the defense of the Vilnius Castle Complex was entrusted to a Polish garrison led by Klemens Moskarzewski,...
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    was the first time that a foreign power managed to capture the Vilnius Castle Complex. The six-year Muscovite occupation that followed resulted in a major...
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    any other part of Vilnius; they include: Presidential Palace Slushko Palace Radvilas Palace Tyzenhaus Palace Vilnius Castle Complex with the Gediminas...
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    metres (33 ft × 69 ft) in size, and only the Upper Palace in the Vilnius Castle Complex could surpass its proportions. The principal construction material...
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    National Museum of Lithuania (category Museums in Vilnius)
    New Arsenal at the Vilnius Castle Complex Old Arsenal at the Vilnius Castle Complex Gediminas Tower in Vilnius Bastion of Vilnius Defensive Wall Kazys...
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    Gediminas Avenue (category Streets in Vilnius)
    River near Seimas Palace on one end and at the Cathedral Square and Vilnius Castle Complex on the other, passing Lukiškės Square. It connects the Old Town...
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    and the future Kings of Poland. The palace, located in the lower castle of Vilnius, evolved over the years and prospered during the 16th and mid-17th...
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    Grand Dukes of Lithuania, Gediminas' Tower and the arsenals of the Vilnius Castle Complex, has exhibits about the history of Lithuania and Lithuanian culture...
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    Heritage Site. The castle complex was extensively restored from 2004–2012. Olyka Castle Lubcha Castle Mir Castle Biržai Castle Dubingiai Castle List of Baroque...
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    god of thunder, and Milda. Another bronze figurine was found at Vilnius Castle Complex and acquired by Adam Honory Kirkor and Władysław Syrokomla who with...
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    frequently used in folk weavings and traditional dress. At the Great Seimas of Vilnius of 1905, this flag was favoured over the Vytis banner as the flag of the...
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    by Rimantas Keturka and Feliksas Volčakas was unveiled near the Vilnius Castle Complex. In 2017, Bank of Lithuania issued a commemorative coin (in 10 and...
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    in Vilnius Castle Complex. In January 1495, Helena, accompanied by eighty nobles and servants, departed Moscow towards Vilnius. She reached Vilnius on...
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  • Vilnius Curonian Spit Kernavė Kaunas Struve Geodetic Arc The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designates World...
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    remains of Barbara Radziwiłł from Kraków to Vilnius, Sigismund was building a church in the Vilnius Castle Complex which should have served as his family's...
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    the Great War Museum National Museum of Lithuania Vilnius Castle Complex Vilnius Picture Gallery Vilnius Toys' Museum Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights...
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  • onwards. List of castles in Belarus List of castles in Poland List of castles in Ukraine List of castles in Latvia List of castles in Estonia List of...
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    Janusz Radziwiłł (1612–1655) (category Voivode of Vilnius)
    retreated to Vilkaviškis and to Kėdainiai. The garrison of the Vilnius Castle Complex surrendered two days later. The invading forces plundered the city...
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  • Other significant landmarks include the Vilnius Castle Complex and its Cathedral Square, Trakai Island Castle and Hill of Crosses; they frequently appear...
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  • Adolfas Tautavičius (category Vilnius University alumni)
    other excavations Tautavičius researched the Vilnius Castle Complex, Klaipėda Castle, and Trakai Peninsula Castle sites. Tautavičius wrote more than 600 academic...
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    Register of Cultural Property contained more than 25,000 individual and complex immovable cultural property items and parts thereof, and more than 7,000...
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    where he worked from 1925 to 1926. In 1998, an alley in Vilnius near the Vilnius Castle Complex was also named after Škirpa commemorating his raising of...
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  • dedicated to the historical and cultural heritage of Lithuanian Jews. Vilnius Castle Complex: Group of cultural, and historic structures on the left bank of...
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  • Canavese). He traveled to Poland to decorate some portion of the Vilnius Castle Complex. He helped decorate the pavilion at the Exposition of Nice in 1884...
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  • his inheritance and founded a new church and hospital near the Vilnius Castle Complex. Due to financial difficulties, the buildings were small and poor...
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  • Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Vilnius. Čiupurna also had a house within the Vilnius Castle Complex as Benedict Makrai, mediator sent by Sigismund...
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  • Alekna Sudimantaitis (category Voivode of Vilnius)
    (Belarusian: Астрошыцы). He funded an altar inside a chapel of Vilnius Castle Complex, where his wife Jadvyga was buried. It is likely that he was buried...
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