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aikštė by Carletto76
Here you can find the neoclassical Town Hall (with the Information centre), but you won't see it on my picture since the sun was in front of me! ;-)
All buildings have been restored, and there are many open-air cafés and bars, as well as restaurants. It's a pity it's not a pedestrian zone, so beware of cars while walking around the square! Leave a Comment Directions: At mid way between the Cathedral and the Gates of Dawn
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 The Guildhous by LanaFromRigaLeave a Comment Directions: More about all this things is tere: TIC@vilnius.lt and www.vilnius.lt
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 The Town Hall by Gosia78
The building was designed at the end of the 18th century by the famous architect, Laurynas Stuoka-Gucevicius (1753-1798). The square, two-story structure, with its six Doric columns supporting its portico, faces a triangular square, looking out on the beginning of Pilies (Castle) Street. Directions: The heart of old town
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 by ania70pl
In front of the Town Hall stood a pillory where the criminals were flogged by the executioner. Here also stood a tower with the clock and bells. Leave a Comment
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 by Raimix
Town Hall Square, as in most medieval towns, was the centre of town life. Markets, fairs, judicial punishments, ranging from stocks and pillory to executions, as well as official receptions took place here.
At the moment in the building of town hall exhibitions is taking place. In town hall square you can see pointers to famous places of Vilnius - it is really useful. Leave a Comment Directions: Main old town's street end on it.
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The oldest known Town Hall is mentioned as early as 1432 and stood in the same place as the current one. The town hall has been rebuilt more than once. during the renovations in 1680 the exterior was decorated with sculptures of angels. In 1725 a clock and a bells were raised into the tower. Following a fire the tower had begun to be rebuilt, but one night in 1781 it toppled over onto the town hall and was never rebuilt.
Vilnius Town Hall stands in the centre of the Old Town but outwardly it is quite modest. The simplest and least expensive project was chosen for its construction. At that time Vilnius was a province of united Poland-Lithuania and it could have been the reason why more decorative projects were rejected. The town Hall was designed by L Stuoka-Gucevicius. It took 10 years to complete the exterior but the work on the interior design continued into the beginning of the 19th century. Leave a Comment
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 VILNIUS TOWN HALL by matcrazy1
Well, being originally the town hall (seat of city authorities) it served as a theater where world premiere of Polish national opera, "Halka" by Moniuszko took place on 1st January 1848. The theatre was close by Russian authorities (like most Polish institutions) after anti-tzar uprising in 1863-1864. It was re-opened in 1906 and closed again in 1942. In Soviet times it was a representative seat of Lithuanian artists where many events took place. Nowadays it's partly open to the public. If you go earlier than me you can visit its gothic cellars and historical expostion.
On December 2002, the president of the USA, George Bush stood on Town Hall stairs and congratulated Lithuania welcoming to NATO. Lithuania finally joined NATO on 29th March 2004. It was very touching to see (on TV news) tears of Lithuanian Prime Minister (or President) at the celebration of NATO enlargement. After many years of bondage and repressions under Soviet regime it's no wonder that he was moved to tears.
Leave a Comment Directions: From the Cathedral Square walk a few minutes southwards Pilies gatve (Castle Street) to triangle square at its end, continue walk southwards (Didzioji gatve) - the building in front of you, at Town Hall's square (Rotuses aikste).Website: http://www.vilnius.lt/new/en/gidas.php?open=37
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