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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: monument in Lithuania
- Also known as: “Three Crosses”
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Crooked Hill and Gediminas Tower.
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. Gediminas Tower is situated 440 metres west of The Hill of the Three Crosses.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Užupis and Vilnius Old Town.
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
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.
The Hill of the Three Crosses
- Categories: monument, tourism, historic site, and memorial
- Location: Vilnius, Vilnius County, Dzūkija, Lithuania, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
54.68674° or 54° 41′ 12″ northLongitude
25.29755° or 25° 17′ 51″ eastOpen location code
9G67M7PX+M2OpenStreetMap ID
node 325083016OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q83238
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“The Hill of the Three Crosses” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “гара Трох крыжоў”
- Belarusian: “Тры крыжы”
- Belarusian: “Тры Крыжы”
- Catalan: “Tres Creus de Vílnius”
- Chinese: “三十字架”
- Czech: “Hora tří křížů”
- French: “Trois Croix”
- Indonesian: “Tiga Salib”
- Indonesian: “Trys Kryžiai”
- Italian: “Monumento delle Tre Croci”
- Italian: “Tre Croci”
- Latvian: “Trīs krusti”
- Lithuanian: “Trijų Kryžių kalnas”
- Lithuanian: “Trijų Kryžių paminklas”
- Lithuanian: “Trys kryžiai”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Trys kryžiai”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Trys kryziai”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Trys kryžiai”
- Norwegian: “Trys kryžiai”
- Polish: “Góra Trzech Krzyży”
- Polish: “Góra Trzykrzyska”
- Polish: “Trzy krzyże”
- Russian: “Три креста”
- Serbian: “Три крста”
- Slovak: “Hora troch krížov”
- Slovak: “Trijų kryžių kalnas”
- Spanish: “Tres Cruces”
- Ukrainian: “Три хрести”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Hill of the Three Crosses and Senųjų Trijų Kryžių liekanos.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “The Hill of the Three Crosses”. Photo: Pudelek, CC BY-SA 3.0.