Simonas Daukantas Square

Daukantas Square in , is located in the , in front of the . Its name commemorates a progenitor of the 19th-century Lithuanian national revival, Simonas Daukantas.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Pedestrian zone
  • Description: square in Vilnius, Lithuania
  • Also known as: “Daukanto Square”, “площа С. Дауканто”, and “площа Сімона Дауканто”

Places of Interest Nearby

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. 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.

Church
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The Vilnius Cathedral, formally the Archcathedral Basilica of St. Stanislaus and St. Ladislaus, is the Roman Catholic cathedral of the Archdiocese of Vilnius and a minor basilica in , Lithuania. is situated 280 metres north of Simonas Daukantas Square.

Manor estate
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The de Choiseul Palace is a building in Simonas Daukantas square, , . Currently it is used as dwellings and "Copy1" company subsidiary.

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.

Simonas Daukantas Square

Latitude
54.68358° or 54° 41′ 1″ north
Longitude
25.2862° or 25° 17′ 10″ east
Open location code
9G67M7MP+CF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 24570283
Open­Street­Map feature
highway=­pedestrian
Wiki­data ID
Q5227975
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Simonas Daukantas Square” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Plaça Daukanto”
  • Catalan: “Plaça Simonas Daukantas”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ميدان دوكانتو”
  • German: “Simonas-Daukantas-Platz”
  • Lithuanian: “Simono Daukanto aikštė”
  • Polish: “Plac Szymona Dowkonta”
  • Russian: “Площадь С. Дауканто”
  • Russian: “Площадь Симонаса Даукантаса”
  • Spanish: “Plaza Daukanto”
  • Spanish: “Plaza Simonas Daukantas”
  • Ukrainian: “площа Дауканто”
  • Ukrainian: “Площа С. Дауканто”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Prezidentūros skveras and The Łopacińskis and Sulistrowskis palace.

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