Vilnia
The Vilnia is a river primarily running through Eastern Lithuania. Its source is near the villages of Kiemėnai and Vindžiūnai, 6 km south of Šumskas, nearby to the A3–M7 Medininkai–Kamenny Log border crossing complexes of the Belarus–Lithuania border for approximately 12 kilometers.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Lithuania and Belarus
- Also known as: “Vil’nele”, “Vil’niya”, “Vileika”, “Vileyka”, and “Vilnia River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Hill of the Three Crosses and St. Anne’s Church.
The Hill of the Three Crosses
Three Crosses is a prominent monument in Vilnius, Lithuania, on the Hill of Three Crosses, also known as the Bald Hill or Crooked Hill, in Kalnai Park.St. Anne’s Church
Church
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Anne's Church is a Roman Catholic church in Vilnius' Old Town, on the right bank of the Vilnia river established circa 1495–1500. It is a prominent example of both Flamboyant and Brick Gothic styles.
Gediminas Tower
Museum
Photo: BigHead, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gediminas's Tower is the remaining part of the Upper Castle on top of the Gediminas Hill in Vilnius, Lithuania. It has a viewing platform that offers scenic views of Vilnius Old Town and Vilnius Central Business District.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Užupis and Paupys.
Užupis
Quarter
Photo: Wojsyl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Užupis is a neighborhood in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, largely located in Vilnius's old town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Užupis means "beyond the river" or "the other side of the river" in the Lithuanian language and refers to the Vilnia River; the name Vilnius was derived from the Vilnia.
Vilnius Old Town
Suburb
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The Old Town of Vilnius, one of the largest surviving medieval old towns in Northern Europe, as inscribed within UNESCO World Heritage Sites, has an area of 3.59 square kilometres.
Vilnia
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Lithuania, Baltic states, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Vilnia” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر فيلنيا”
- Asturian: “Ríu Vilnia”
- Belarusian: “Вілейка”
- Belarusian: “Вільня”
- Catalan: “Vilnia”
- Cebuano: “Vilnia”
- Chinese: “维尔尼亚河”
- Czech: “Vilnia”
- Danish: “Vilnia”
- Dutch: “Vilnia”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر فيلنيا”
- Estonian: “Vilnia”
- Finnish: “Vilnia”
- French: “Vilnia”
- Georgian: “ვილნია”
- German: “Vilnelė”
- German: “Vilnia”
- German: “Vìlnia”
- Hebrew: “נהר וילניה”
- Hungarian: “Vilnia”
- Irish: “Abhainn Vilnia”
- Italian: “Vilnia”
- Japanese: “ヴィルナ川”
- Japanese: “ヴィルニャ川”
- Japanese: “ヴィルネ川”
- Korean: “빌니아강”
- Ladin: “Vilnia”
- Latvian: “Viļņa”
- Lithuanian: “Vilnia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vilnia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vilnia”
- Norwegian: “Vilnia”
- Ossetian: “Вильня”
- Persian: “ویلنیا”
- Polish: “Wilejka”
- Polish: “Wilenka”
- Portuguese: “Rio Vilnia”
- Portuguese: “Vilnia”
- Romanian: “Râul Vilnia”
- Romanian: “Vilnia”
- Russian: “Вильня”
- Slovenian: “Vilnia”
- Spanish: “Vilnia”
- Swedish: “Vilnia”
- Ukrainian: “Вільня”
- Venetian: “Fiume Vilnia”
- Welsh: “Afon Vilnia”
- Western Frisian: “Vilnelė”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Vilnius and Markučiai.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include University of Vilnius and Lithuanian National Philharmonic.
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