Gediminas Tower

Gediminas's Tower is the remaining part of the Upper Castle on top of the Gediminas Hill in , Lithuania. It has a viewing platform that offers scenic views of and Vilnius Central Business District.
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  • Opening hours:
    May 1st—September 30th: 10:00 AM—7:00 PM
    October 1st—April 30th: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
  • Email: pilis@lnm.lt
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: castle in Vilnius, Lithuania
  • Also known as: “Gediminas‘ Tower” and “Gediminas’s Tower”
  • Address: Arsenalo g. 5, Vilnius
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Museum of Lithuania and Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania.

Museum
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The , established in 1952, is a state-sponsored historical museum that encompasses several significant structures and a wide collection of written materials and artifacts. It also organizes archeological digs in Lithuania. is situated 120 metres northwest of Gediminas Tower.

Museum
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The is a palace in , Lithuania. It was originally constructed in the 15th century for the rulers of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the future Kings of Poland. is situated 120 metres southwest of Gediminas Tower.

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 , just off Cathedral Square. is situated 210 metres southwest of Gediminas Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vilnius Old Town and Piromontas.

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 quarter.

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.

Gediminas Tower

Latitude
54.68676° or 54° 41′ 12″ north
Longitude
25.29069° or 25° 17′ 27″ east
Height
20 metres (66 feet)
Open location code
9G67M7PR+P7
Open­Street­Map ID
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Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Urdu—“Gediminas Tower” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Գեդիմինի աշտարակ”
  • Belarusian: “Вежа Гедзіміна”
  • Belarusian: “Вежа Гедыміна”
  • Bulgarian: “Кула на Гедимин”
  • Catalan: “torre de Gediminas”
  • Catalan: “Torre de Gediminas”
  • Chinese: “格迪米納斯塔”
  • Czech: “Gediminasův hrad”
  • Czech: “Gediminův hrad”
  • Danish: “Gediminas‘ tårn”
  • Danish: “Gediminas’ tårn”
  • Dutch: “Gediminastoren”
  • Estonian: “Gediminase torn”
  • Finnish: “Gediminasin torni”
  • French: “Château de Gediminas”
  • French: “tour de Gediminas”
  • French: “Tour de Ghédimin”
  • French: “Tour Gediminas”
  • Georgian: “გედიმინასის კოშკი”
  • German: “Aukštutinė Pilis”
  • German: “Burg Gediminas”
  • German: “Burg Vilnius”
  • German: “Gedeminasburg”
  • German: “Gediminas-Burg”
  • German: “Gediminas-Turm”
  • German: “Obere Burg”
  • Hebrew: “מגדל גדימינאס”
  • Hungarian: “Gediminas tornya”
  • Indonesian: “Menara Gediminas‘”
  • Indonesian: “Menara Gediminas’”
  • Italian: “Torre di Gediminas”
  • Japanese: “ゲディミナス城”
  • Korean: “게디미나스탑”
  • Latvian: “Ģedimina tornis”
  • Lithuanian: “Aukštutinė pilis”
  • Lithuanian: “Gedimino bokštas”
  • Lithuanian: “Gedimino kalnas”
  • Lithuanian: “Gedimino pilies bokštas”
  • Lithuanian: “Gedimino pilies kalnas”
  • Lithuanian: “Gedimino pilis”
  • Lithuanian: “Vilniaus aukštutinė pilis”
  • Lithuanian: “Vilniaus Aukštutinė pilis”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gediminastårnet”
  • Norwegian: “Gediminastårnet”
  • Persian: “برج گدیمیناس”
  • Polish: “Baszta Giedymina”
  • Polish: “Wieża Giedymina”
  • Russian: “Башня Гедимина”
  • Russian: “Башня Гедиминаса”
  • Slovak: “Gediminasov hrad”
  • Slovenian: “Gediminasov grad”
  • Slovenian: “Gediminasov stolp”
  • Slovenian: “grad Vilna”
  • Slovenian: “vilenski grad”
  • Spanish: “Torre de Gediminas”
  • Ukrainian: “Башта Гедимінаса”
  • Ukrainian: “Вежа Гедиміна”
  • Urdu: “گیڈیمیناس ٹاور”

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