Užupis
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Quarter
- Description: neighborhood and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Vilnius, Lithuania
- Also known as: “Uzupis Republic”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St. Bartholomew, Vilnius and St. Anne’s Church.
Church of St. Bartholomew, Vilnius
Church
Photo: Wojsyl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Church of St. Bartholomew is a Roman Catholic church in Užupis, Vilnius which was built in 1824. It is the only church in Vilnius where the masses are held in the Belarusian language.
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 Paupys and Vilnius Old Town.
Vilnius Old Town
Suburb
Photo: BigHead, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Užupis
- Categories: neighborhood of Vilnius, micronation, and locality
- Location: Senamiesčio sen., Vilnius, Vilnius County, Dzūkija, Lithuania, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
54.68128° or 54° 40′ 53″ northLongitude
25.29938° or 25° 17′ 58″ eastElevation
117 metres (384 feet)Open location code
9G67M7JX+GQOpenStreetMap ID
node 32872718OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarter
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Užupis” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أوزوبيس”
- Aragonese: “Užupis”
- Armenian: “Ուժուպիս”
- Azerbaijani: “Ujupis”
- Belarusian: “Зарэчча”
- Belarusian: “Рэспубліка Зарэчча”
- Belarusian: “Ужупіс”
- Catalan: “Užupis”
- Central Kurdish: “ئوژووپیس”
- Chinese: “奧蘇比斯共和國”
- Chinese: “对岸共和国”
- Chinese: “對岸共和國”
- Czech: “Užupis”
- Danish: “Uzupis”
- Danish: “Užupis”
- Dutch: “Uzupis”
- Dutch: “Užupis”
- Esperanto: “Uĵupis”
- Estonian: “Užupis”
- Finnish: “Uzupis”
- Finnish: “Užupis”
- French: “République d’Uzupis”
- French: “République dUzupis”
- French: “Uzupis”
- French: “Užupis”
- German: “Uzupis”
- German: “Užupis”
- Greek: “Ουζούπη”
- Hebrew: “זרצ’ה”
- Hebrew: “זרצה”
- Indonesian: “Užupis”
- Italian: “Repubblica di Užupis”
- Italian: “Užupis”
- Japanese: “ウジュピス共和国”
- Korean: “우주피스”
- Latvian: “Užupe”
- Lithuanian: “Užupis”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Užupis”
- Norwegian: “Užupis”
- Persian: “اوژوپیس”
- Polish: “Republika Zarzecza”
- Polish: “Zarzecze”
- Portuguese: “Uzupis”
- Portuguese: “Užupis”
- Russian: “Заречье”
- Russian: “Республика Заречье”
- Russian: “Ужупис”
- Russian: “Ужупская республика”
- Samogitian: “Ožopis”
- Serbian: “Užupis”
- Serbian: “Ужупис”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Užupis”
- Spanish: “Užupis”
- Swedish: “Užupis”
- Turkish: “Užupis”
- Ukrainian: “Республіка Ужупис”
- Ukrainian: “Республіка Ужупіс”
- Ukrainian: “Ужупис”
- Ukrainian: “Ужупіс”
- Yue Chinese: “奧蘇比斯共和國”
- “Ožopis”
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