Gate of Dawn

The Gate of Dawn is a in , the capital of , and one of its most important religious, historical and cultural monuments. It is a major site of Catholic pilgrimage in Lithuania.
Wikipedia
Photo: Kontis, Public domain.
  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Catholic
  • Description: city gate
  • Also known as: “Gates of Dawn” and “Medininkai Gate”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of St. Theresa and Monastery of the Holy Trinity.

Church
Photo: Alma Pater, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a Roman Catholic church in ' , close to the Gate of Dawn. It was completed in 1650, and it is dedicated to Teresa of Ávila.

Church
Photo: Ivan Trutnev, Public domain.
is a monastery built in by the Ruthenian Church and Grand Hetman of Lithuania Konstanty Ostrogski as a thanksgiving to the God for the victory in Battle of Orsha. is situated 130 metres northwest of Gate of Dawn.

Church
Photo: Alma Pater, Public domain.
The is a Russian Orthodox church in the , capital of , rebuilt 1749–1753 in the Vilnian Baroque style. is situated 150 metres northeast of Gate of Dawn.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rasos and Vilnius Old Town.

Suburb
Photo: Hugo.arg, Public domain.
is an eldership in the Vilnius City Municipality, . It occupies 16.3 km². According to the 2011 census, it has a population of 10,597.

Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, 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.

Quarter
Photo: Wojsyl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.

Gate of Dawn

Latitude
54.67435° or 54° 40′ 28″ north
Longitude
25.28956° or 25° 17′ 22″ east
Open location code
9G67M7FQ+PR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 112746030
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­catholic
Wiki­data ID
Q937212
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Gate of Dawn” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Poort van die Daeraad”
  • Belarusian: “Вострая брама”
  • Belarusian: “Вострая Брама”
  • Catalan: “Porta de l’Aurora”
  • Chinese: “黎明門”
  • Czech: “Brána úsvitu”
  • Danish: “Morgengryets Port”
  • Danish: “Morgengryetsport”
  • Dutch: “Poort van het Morgenrood”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بوابة الفجر”
  • Esperanto: “Dipatrino de Aŭrora Pordego en Vilno”
  • Estonian: “Koiduvärav”
  • French: “porte de l’Aurore”
  • French: “Porte de l’Aurore”
  • German: “Ausros vartai”
  • German: “Aušros vartai”
  • German: “Spitzes Tor”
  • German: “Tor der Morgenröte”
  • Greek: “Πύλη της Αυγής”
  • Hebrew: “אוסטרה ברמה”
  • Hungarian: “Hajnal-kapu”
  • Indonesian: “Gerbang Fajar”
  • Italian: “porta dell’Aurora”
  • Italian: “Porta dell’Aurora”
  • Japanese: “夜明けの門”
  • Korean: “새벽의 문”
  • Latvian: “Aušras vārti”
  • Lithuanian: “Aušros vartai”
  • Lithuanian: “Aušros Vartai”
  • Lithuanian: “Medininkų vartai”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Morgengryets port”
  • Norwegian: “Morgengryets port”
  • Polish: “Brama Miednicka”
  • Polish: “Ostra Brama w Wilnie”
  • Polish: “Ostra Brama”
  • Russian: “Aušros Vartai”
  • Russian: “Ворота Аушрос”
  • Russian: “Остра брама”
  • Russian: “Острая брама”
  • Russian: “Острая Брама”
  • Russian: “Острые ворота”
  • Spanish: “Puerta del Alba”
  • Spanish: “Puertas del Alba”
  • Ukrainian: “Остра брама”

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Highlights include AV17 gallery and Vazų skveras.

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