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: “Altstadt von Vilnius”, “Centro historico de Vilna”, “Malnova urbo de Vilno”, “Old Town”, “Senamiestis (Vilnius)”, “Vieille-Ville de Vilna”, “Vilniaus Senamiestis”, “Vilnius Gamlebyen”, “Vilnius Historic Center”, “Vilnius Historic Centre”, “Vilnius-Altstadt”, “Старый город (Вильнюс)”, and “ヴィリニュス歴史地区”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Presidential Palace of the Republic of Lithuania and Cathedral Basilica of St Stanislaus and St Vladislav.

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The Presidential Palace is the official residence and workplace of the president of Lithuania.

Church
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The Vilnius Cathedral, formally the Archcathedral Basilica of St.

Church
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The Church of St. Johns, officially named St.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Užupis and Piromontas.

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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: “Historia Centro de Vilno”
  • Estonian: “Vilniuse vanalinn”
  • Finnish: “Vilnan vanhakaupunki”
  • French: “Centre historique de Vilnius”
  • Galician: “Centro histórico de Vilnius”
  • Georgian: “ძველი ვილნიუსი”
  • German: “Altstadt Vilnius”
  • German: “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”
  • Korean: “빌뉴스 역사 지구”
  • Latvian: “Senamestis”
  • Latvian: “Viļņas vecpilsēta”
  • Lithuanian: “Senamiestis”
  • Lithuanian: “Vilniaus senamiestis”
  • Macedonian: “Стар град (Вилнус)”
  • Macedonian: “Стар град”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gamlebyen i Vilnius”
  • Norwegian: “Gamlebyen i Vilnius”
  • Persian: “شهر قدیمی ویلنیوس”
  • Polish: “Stare Miasto w Wilnie”
  • Polish: “Stare Miasto”
  • Russian: “Сенамиестис”
  • Russian: “Старый город Вильнюса”
  • Russian: “Старый город”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Stari grad Vilnius”
  • Slovenian: “Staro mesto Vilne”
  • Spanish: “Centro histórico de Vilna”
  • Swedish: “Gamla staden, Vilnius”
  • Turkish: “Eski Şehir”
  • Ukrainian: “Старе місто Вільнюса”
  • Ukrainian: “Старе місто”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Tymo kvartalas and Vingriai.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: View over the Presidential Palace and Vilnius University Astronomical Observatory.

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