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Raimix Says: This Orthodox chapel stands in the Russian cemetery in Vievis. I don't know a history of it, probably it is about 100 years old or something. It was used for burying famous Orthodox priests.Chapel looks strange, as it is alone around lot of grave stones.
Raimix Says: In 1980, when this place was established, it was just local museum, later exhibition of one Vilnius museum and some others were moved here and in year 2000 it became Lithuanian geology museum.Talking about what is outside of museum, you can visit it for free - different...
Monument for first Bellorussian book
Raimix Says: This is the monument is Vievis park near Catholic church - it is for the first Slavic religious grammar book, published in Vievis in beginning of XVII century. As far as I know, it is only one monument in Vievis city.
St Ann Catholic church and its yard
Raimix Says: Vievis St Ann church was built in 1908-1931. It has an neo-Gothic style, interior is more or less baroque. I really like and got used to this church and the interior of it, as I was The place around this church is christened here, I got here the first Communion and attended...
Russian Orthodox church' mystic yard
Raimix Says: This place was found in about 1600, when here was built Saint Spirit monastery and the publishing house near the monastery, where first religious Slavic language grammar book was published in 1619, so this place was very significant for Slavic (Russians, Bellorussians,...
Russian Orthodox church near autobahn
Raimix Says: The first orthodox church in Vievis, in the same place as it is now, was built in 1600 by landowner Oginski. As it was wooden, in the time when Napoleon's army came to Lithuania and Vievis (1812), it was burned. Later, in 1837 the new one brick church was built, it survived...
Raimix Says: Vievis is easily reachable by bus, train, car. It is located just near the Vilnius-Kaunas road and rail road as well. So, by bus and train it is less than 1 hour to come here - it is about 40 kilometres from Vilnius.Vievis bus station is just a few metres from the central...
Raimix Says: Vievis lake is a bit dangerous for swimming, as it was bombed at World War Second. In some place there are just deeper from bombs and deep can be different lets say from 1 metre (where you still can walk) to 3 metres (over the head...) in a few centimetres of wading in lake....
Raimix Says: I used to spend summers around Vievis city, so I can say - I know places, that surround it. Vievis itself is located near big Vievis lake, most new houses now is built near this lake. There are other lakes as well around in about 3-4 kilometres - Orliskiu, Kurkliskiu,...
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The first orthodox church in Vievis, in the same place as it is now, was built in 1600 by landowner Oginski. As it was wooden, in the time when Napoleon's army...
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Vievis - small city between Vilnius and Kaunas
Vievis front-page name that it is "small city between Vilnius and Kaunas" very good fits to it. At first, it is due to that Vievis appeared (in middle of XVI century) and grown up thanks to...
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