House of the Signatories

The House of the Signatories is a historic landmark on Pilies Street, , where on February 16, 1918, the Act of Independence of Lithuania was signed by twenty members of the Council of Lithuania.
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  • Opening hours:
    Tuesday—Friday: 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
    Saturday and Sunday: noon—5:00 PM
  • Email: signataru.namai@lnm.lt
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: memorial museum in Vilnius, Lithuania
  • Address: Didžioji g. 26, Vilnius, 01128
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St. John the Baptist and St. John the Apostle and Evangelist and Vilnius University Library.

Church
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The Church of St. Johns, officially named , is located at the of , and dominates the university ensemble.

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. is situated 140 metres northwest of House of the Signatories.

Photo: Sfu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Presidential Palace is the official residence and workplace of the president of Lithuania. Located in , . 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. is situated 230 metres west of House of the Signatories.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vilnius Old Town and Užupis.

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.

Quarter
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is a neighborhood in , the capital of , largely located in , 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
Photo: Hugo.arg, Public domain.
is a quarter.

House of the Signatories

Latitude
54.68232° or 54° 40′ 56″ north
Longitude
25.28927° or 25° 17′ 21″ east
Operator
Lietuvos nacionalinis muziejus
Open location code
9G67M7JQ+WP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3259759997
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q5915642
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Ukrainian—“House of the Signatories” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Casa dels Signataris”
  • Chinese: “签字楼”
  • Finnish: “Allekirjoittajien talo”
  • French: “Maison des Signataires”
  • German: “Museum Signatarenhaus Litauen”
  • German: “Signatarenhaus”
  • Italian: “Casa dei Firmatari”
  • Korean: “서명자들의 집”
  • Lithuanian: “Signatarų namai”
  • Lithuanian: “Signatarų rūmai”
  • Lithuanian: “Štralio namas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Underskrivernes Hus”
  • Norwegian: “Underskrivernes Hus”
  • Polish: “Dom Sygnatariuszy”
  • Portuguese: “Casa dos Signatários”
  • Russian: “Дом сигнатариев”
  • Russian: “Дом сигнаторов”
  • Slovenian: “Hiša podpisnikov”
  • Turkish: “İmzacılar Evi”
  • Ukrainian: “Будинок сигнаторів”

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