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The St Anne's Church (Sv Onos Baznycia) and Bernadine Monastery (Bernadinu Baznycia) are a fine Lithuanian Gothic ensemble located just next to each other
The red brick St. Anne's Church dates back to the late 15th century and is still almost unchanged.
The 15th century Bernadine monastery experienced various devastations through the years.
Under Soviet rule it was even used as an Art Academy. The interior is still in a state of massive restoration.
Directions:
St Anne' Church and Bernadine Monastery are situated at the street Mairionio gatve, near the eastern end of the old town.
Address:
St Anne's Church, Mairinio gatve 8, Vilnius Leave a Comment
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 by Carletto76
It is thought that the brick church was built during 1495 - 1500 through the efforts of the Franciscans. This is a real late gothic masterpiece; of which there are few comparable buildings in the entire world. The church has reached our time almost unchanged and has become one of the symbols of Vilnius.
A neo-gothic bell tower (1873) designed by the architect, N. Tchiagin, and built to replace the previous classical one, stands next to the church. Leave a Comment
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 St. Anne's Church by Gosia78
It is thought that the brick church was built during 1495 - 1500 through the efforts of the Franciscans. This is a real late gothic masterpiece; of which there are few comparable buildings in the entire world. The church has reached our time almost unchanged and has become one of the symbols of Vilnius.
The church is surrounded by many legends. The most popular story is that Napoleon upon seeing St. Anne's Church, said that he would like to place it in the palm of his hand and move it to Paris. The church, built using thirty-three kinds of bricks, has already stood for five centuries in the lee of the severe Bernardine gothic style, amazing everyone with the courage and ingenuity of the masters who erected it. This amazingly light, harmonious, and playful building is distinguished by the rhythmic composition of its vertical and curved lines: above the portal there are no flat wall surfaces, only pilasters, slim rod squares, three kinds of arches, and elegant spires crowned with metal crosses.
A neo-gothic bell tower (1873) designed by the architect, N. Tchiagin, and built to replace the previous classical one, stands next to the church.
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 St. Anne's Church by ginte
St. Anne's represents the peak of Gothic architecture in Lithuania. According to legend, Napoleon Bonaparte was so enraptured by St. Anne's that he exclaimed his desire to bring the church back to France in the palm of his hand. The original interior was destroyed by fires. Leave a Comment Directions: An Old Town, near the Sereikiskes' park.
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 St. Anne church. by Sexy_European
It is thought that the brick church was built during 1495 - 1500 through the efforts of the Franciscans. This is a real late gothic masterpiece; of which there are few comparable buildings in the entire world. The church has reached our time almost unchanged and has become one of the symbols of Vilnius.
The church is surrounded by many legends. The most popular story is that Napoleon upon seeing St. Anne's Church, said that he would like to place it in the palm of his hand and move it to Paris. The church, built using thirty-three kinds of bricks, has already stood for five centuries in the lee of the severe Bernardine gothic style, amazing everyone with the courage and ingenuity of the masters who erected it. This amazingly light, harmonious, and playful building is distinguished by the rhythmic composition of its vertical and curved lines: above the portal there are no flat wall surfaces, only pilasters, slim rod squares, three kinds of arches, and elegant spires crowned with metal crosses. According to the art critic, Vladas Drėma, the ancient Lithuanian arms, i.e. the Pillars of Gediminas (Gedimino stulpai) are highlighted in the composition of the fasade. The side fasades and presbytery, with their high windows and openwork towers are also very complex.
A neo-gothic bell tower (1873) designed by the architect, N. Tchiagin, and built to replace the previous classical one, stands next to the church. Leave a Comment Directions: Right next to St. Bernards church on the right.
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 The Gothic Ensemble by King_Golo
Construction of the ensemble started as early as 1462. Later, Baroque and Renaissance parts were added.
As this place is a must-visit for every tourist, you do good in coming early in the morning - otherwise your photos are likely to be full of tourist crowds! Leave a Comment Directions: opposite Uzupis, lower Old Town
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 Church of St. Ann by magor65Leave a Comment
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This rather small church is considered to be a real masterpiece of French-Flemish Gothic. Founded by King Aleksander Jagiellonczyk and designed by Michal Carpentavius of Gdansk, it was built in 1501-1502. Its beautiful lace-like facade delights the eye so much that Napoleon, who stayed in Vilnius before his invasion on Russia, is known to have said that he would like to carry this treasure to France on the palm of his hand. The construction required the use of bricks of 33 different shapes to produce the fantastic visual effects of interlacing arches.
The belfry, inferior in design, comes from a later period, and the interior is a little disappointing, except for the 18th century paintings of St Ann, Our Lady and St John of Nepomuk. Leave a Comment
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Wah..it's the most impressive red-bricks Gothic church in Lithuania. It was built in 1500 and Napoleon admired it most and wanted to move St Ann church near the Notre Dame.
Architect not known, by the history, he wanted to apply all possibilities of brick construction to build this church, and he managed it! Real, archaic interior of church burned, but present interior alike medieval by form and architecture, despite of baroque style of altars. Leave a Comment Directions: Near Cathedral and Sereikiskiu park
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St. Anne's was just round the corner from my hotel so I walked by it on several occasions. This masterpiece was designed by Benedikt Rejt and has survived almost unchanged. It is in late Gothic style (so-called flamboyant). The interior of the church is not equal to the exterior. Altars are Baroque and vaults from the early 20th century. It is said that St. Anne's is the most famous structure in Vilnius I was not too impressed by it. Just my humble opinion... Leave a Comment
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