Vilnius County
Vilnius
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Vilnius Old Town

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.
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: UNESCO World Heritage Site in Vilnius, Lithuania
  • Also known as: “Old Town”, “Vilnius Historic Center”, and “Vilnius Historic Centre”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Presidential Palace of the Republic of Lithuania and Vilnius University Library.

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The Presidential Palace is the official residence and workplace of the president of Lithuania. Located in Vilnius Old Town, . The palace dates back to the 14th century when it was first used as the residence of the Bishop of Vilnius. and during its history, it has undergone various reconstructions, supervised by prominent architects, including Laurynas Gucevičius and Vasily Stasov.

Library
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or VU Library is the oldest and one of the largest academic libraries of . It was founded in 1570 by the Jesuits and as such is nine years older than Vilnius University.

Church
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The Cathedral Basilica of St Stanislaus and St Ladislaus of Vilnius, also known as Vilnius Cathedral is the main Catholic cathedral in . It is situated in Vilnius Old Town, just off Cathedral Square.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Užupis and Piromontas.

Quarter
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is a neighborhood in , the capital of , largely located in Vilnius's old town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. 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.

Quarter
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is a quarter.

Quarter
Photo: Hugo.arg, Public domain.
is a quarter.

Vilnius Old Town

Latitude
54.68285° or 54° 40′ 58″ north
Longitude
25.28562° or 25° 17′ 8″ east
Elevation
115 metres (377 feet)
Open location code
9G67M7MP+46
Open­Street­Map ID
node 273185391
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
10062608
Wiki­data ID
Q445649
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Vilnius Old Town” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “البلدة القديمة (فيلنيوس)”
  • Arabic: “البلدة القديمة”
  • Armenian: “Հին քաղաք (Վիլնյուս)”
  • Armenian: “Հին քաղաք”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qədim şəhər (Vilnüs)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qədim şəhər”
  • Belarusian: “Старое Места”
  • Belarusian: “Стары горад Вільнюса”
  • Belarusian: “Стары горад”
  • Catalan: “Centre històric de Vílnius”
  • Chinese: “維爾紐斯舊城”
  • Croatian: “Stari grad Vilnius”
  • Danish: “Senamiestis”
  • Dutch: “Oude stad van Vilnius”
  • Esperanto: “Altstadt Vilnius”
  • Esperanto: “Historia Centro de Vilno”
  • Esperanto: “Malnova urbo de Vilno”
  • Estonian: “Vilniuse vanalinn”
  • Finnish: “Vilnan vanhakaupunki”
  • French: “Centre historique de Vilnius”
  • French: “Vieille-Ville de Vilna”
  • Georgian: “ძველი ვილნიუსი”
  • German: “Altstadt Vilnius”
  • German: “Altstadt von Vilnius”
  • German: “Altstadt”
  • German: “Senamiestis”
  • German: “Vilnius-Altstadt”
  • Greek: “Παλιά Πόλη της Βίλνιους”
  • Greek: “Παλιά Πόλη του Βίλνιους”
  • Hausa: “Tsohon Garin Vilnius”
  • Hungarian: “Óváros (Vilnius)”
  • Hungarian: “Óváros”
  • Indonesian: “Kota Tua Vilnius”
  • Italian: “Città Vecchia”
  • Japanese: “ヴィリニュス旧市街”
  • Japanese: “ヴィリニュス歴史地区”
  • Korean: “빌뉴스 역사 지구”
  • Latvian: “Senamestis”
  • Latvian: “Viļņas vecpilsēta”
  • Lithuanian: “Senamiestis (Vilnius)”
  • Lithuanian: “Senamiestis”
  • Lithuanian: “Vilniaus senamiestis”
  • Lithuanian: “Vilniaus Senamiestis”
  • Macedonian: “Стар град (Вилнус)”
  • Macedonian: “Стар град”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gamlebyen i Vilnius”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vilniaus senamiestis”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vilnius Gamlebyen”
  • Norwegian: “Gamlebyen i Vilnius”
  • Persian: “شهر قدیمی ویلنیوس”
  • Polish: “Stare Miasto w Wilnie”
  • Polish: “Stare Miasto”
  • Russian: “Старый город (Вильнюс)”
  • Russian: “Старый город Вильнюса”
  • Russian: “Старый город”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Stari grad Vilnius”
  • Slovenian: “Staro mesto Vilne”
  • Spanish: “Centro historico de Vilna”
  • Spanish: “Centro histórico de Vilna”
  • Swedish: “Gamla staden, Vilnius”
  • Turkish: “Eski Şehir”
  • Ukrainian: “Старе місто Вільнюса”
  • Ukrainian: “Старе місто”

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