Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Vilnius, Lithuania

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Number of sights 17 sights
Distance 5 km
Ascend 147 m
Descend 140 m

Explore Vilnius in Lithuania with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in VilniusIndividual Sights in Vilnius

Sight 1: Samuel Bak Museum

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Vilna Gaon Jewish State Museum is a Lithuanian museum dedicated to the historical and cultural heritage of Lithuanian Jewry.

Wikipedia: Vilna Gaon Jewish State Museum (EN), Website

481 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 2: Choral Synagogue, Vilnius

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Choral Synagogue, Vilnius

The Choral Synagogue of Vilnius is the only synagogue in Vilnius that is still in use. The other synagogues were destroyed partly during World War II, when Lithuania was occupied by Nazi Germany, and partly by the Soviet authorities after the war.

Wikipedia: Choral Synagogue (Vilnius) (EN)

309 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 3: All Saints Church

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All Saints Church

All Saints Church is a Baroque-style church in Vilnius, Lithuania. All Saints church was built between 1620 and 1630 and was adopted for Carmelites' needs. In the second half of the 17th century, the church was linked with a monastery and formed a single complex.

Wikipedia: Church of All Saints, Vilnius (EN)

85 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: Šv. Juozapo a.

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Hazel Owl Square – Vilnius Old Town Square. Located at the intersection of Basilian, Horse and All Saint streets. Named after the writer Hazel Owl (1867–1926). For about 100 years, until the second half of the XIX century, stood st. St. Joseph's Fiancée Church.

Wikipedia: Lazdynų Pelėdos skveras (LT)

188 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Vilniaus teatras „Lėlė“

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Vilniaus teatras „Lėlė“Guillaume Speurt from Vilnius, Lithuania / CC BY-SA 2.0

Vilnius Theatre "Lėlė" is a puppet theater founded in 1958 in Vilnius. Originally it was called Vilnius Puppet Theatre.

Wikipedia: Vilniaus teatras Lėlė (LT)

281 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: St. Casimir's Church

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Vilnius st. St. Casimir's Church is a church that stands in the Old Town of Vilnius. Services are held in Lithuanian and Russian. It is the first and oldest Baroque church in Vilnius.

Wikipedia: Vilniaus Šv. Kazimiero bažnyčia (LT)

419 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 7: Šv. Teresės bažnyčia

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Vilnius st. St. Teresa's Church is a church that stands in the southern part of Vilnius Old Town near the Gates of Dawn. In front of the church there is a site of an irregular quadrangle, from the north and northeast is bounded by the buildings and fence of the Orthodox Monastery of St. Spirit. The church in the style of late Renaissance, Baroque and late classicism.

Wikipedia: Vilniaus Šv. Teresės bažnyčia (LT)

58 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: Gate of Dawn

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The Gate of Dawn, or "Sharp Gate" is a city gate in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, and one of its most important religious, historical and cultural monuments. It is a major site of Catholic pilgrimage in Lithuania.

Wikipedia: Gate of Dawn (EN)

233 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 9: Orthodox Church of the Holy Spirit

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The Orthodox Church of the Holy Spirit is a Russian Orthodox church in the Vilnius Old Town, capital of Lithuania, rebuilt 1749–1753 in the Vilnian Baroque style. The monastery serves as the headquarters of the Russian Orthodox Diocese of Lithuania. It should not be confused with the Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Spirit in Vilnius.

Wikipedia: Orthodox Church of the Holy Spirit, Vilnius (EN)

286 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 10: Vilniaus gynybinės sienos Bastėja

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The bastea of the defensive wall of Vilnius is a fortification structure built in the first half of the XVII century, consisting of a tower, an underground cannon room and a tunnel connecting them. It is considered an integral part of the defensive wall of Vilnius.

Wikipedia: Vilniaus gynybinės sienos bastėja (LT)

528 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 11: Cathedral of the Theotokos

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The Cathedral of the Theotokos in Vilnius is the episcopal see of the Russian Orthodox Diocese of Lithuania.

Wikipedia: Cathedral of the Theotokos, Vilnius (EN)

238 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 12: Modern art center

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Modern art center

The MO Museum is a modern art museum in Vilnius, Lithuania. As a private initiative of Lithuanian scientists and philanthropists Danguolė Butkienė and Viktoras Butkus, it functioned as an art museum without walls for about ten years. The collection of 6,000 modern and contemporary pieces contains major Lithuanian artworks from the 1950s to the present day.

Wikipedia: MO Museum (EN), Website

175 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 13: Musem of the church legacy

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The Museum of Ecclesiastical Heritage is a museum of sacred art treasures of the Archdiocese of Vilnius, located in vilnius st. in the premises of the church of the archangel Michael and the former monastery of the Bernardines.

Wikipedia: Bažnytinio paveldo muziejus (LT)

97 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 14: St. Anne's Church

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Vilnius st. The Church of Ona is a Catholic church called st. In the name of Ona, standing in the Old Town of Vilnius, on the left bank of Vilnia. It was built between 1495 and 1501 and burned more than once, rebuilt, renovated, reconstructed and restored. St. The ensemble of Ona and Bernardinai churches is the most famous Gothic monument in Lithuania, which was included in the Register of Cultural Values of the Republic of Lithuania in 1992.

Wikipedia: Vilniaus Šv. Onos bažnyčia (LT)

176 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 15: Church of St. Francis

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Vilnius St. The Church of the Franciscan Assisi stands in the Old Town of Vilnius, on the left bank of Vilnius near Sereikiškės Park, traditionally known as the Bernardine Garden. Belongs to the Bernardines. Mass are considered Lithuanian, Latin and English.

Wikipedia: Vilniaus Šv. Pranciškaus Asyžiečio bažnyčia (LT)

496 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 16: Vilniaus Šv. apaštalo Baltramiejaus bažnyčia

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Vilnius st. the church of the Apostle Bartholomew – a church that stands in Vilnius, Užupis, Užupio str. 17a. Services are held in Belarusian.

Wikipedia: Vilniaus Šv. apaštalo Baltramiejaus bažnyčia (LT)

970 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 17: Vilniaus Viešpaties Dangun Žengimo bažnyčia

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The Church of the Ascension of the Lord of Vilnius, more commonly known as the Vilnius Missionary Church, is located in the Old Town of Vilnius.

Wikipedia: Vilniaus Viešpaties Dangun Žengimo bažnyčia (LT)

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