Vilnius City Municipality

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Vilnius City Municipality Must-Sees

Vilnius City Municipality features a diverse collection of historical and natural landmarks. This selection includes the High Baroque Sapieha Palace with its 17th-century park, the 65-meter-high Pūčkoriai geological exposure, and the 19th-century Paneriai railway tunnel. Cultural sites range from the 50-hectare Europos Parkas open-air museum to the Markučiai Manor, which houses the Alexander Pushkin Literary Museum. The list also highlights significant burial grounds, including the historic Rasu and Antakalnis cemeteries, alongside Gariūnai, the largest marketplace in Lithuania.

Vilnius City Municipality Must-Sees — Kaart

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Sapieha Palace, Vilnius

Sapieha Palace is a High Baroque palace in Sapiegos str., Antakalnis district of Vilnius, Lithuania.

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Sapieha Palace Park

Historic park surrounding a high Baroque palace and a church, featuring remnants of a formal 17th-century garden.

Šarūnas Šimkus / Public domain

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Panerių geležinkelio tunelis

One of two railway tunnels in Lithuania, constructed between 1859 and 1861. Located beneath the Paneriai forest, this 427-meter-long brick structure currently serves as a protected habitat for rare bat species.

Legionas / CC BY 2.5

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Europos Parkas

Europos Parkas is a 50-hectare open-air museum located 17 km from Vilnius, Lithuania.

Andrius Vanagas / CC BY 3.0

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Pūčkoriai Exposure

The highest geological exposure in Lithuania, standing 65 meters high and 260 meters wide. Formed by glacial movements on the banks of the Vilnia River, it reveals approximately 20,000 years of geological history.

Bearas / CC BY 3.0

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Gariūnai Market

Gariūnai Market is the biggest market in Lithuania, located in Gariūnai microdistrict of Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania.

arz / Public domain

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Rasu Cemetery

Rasos Cemetery is the oldest and most famous cemetery in the city of Vilnius, Lithuania.

Artiom P / CC BY 2.0

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Markučių dvaro sodybos fragmentai

Former residential estate of Grigory Pushkin, son of the Russian poet. The site has functioned as a literary museum since 1949 and includes a 19th-century wooden manor house, a park, and the family’s private chapel-mausoleum.

Atlantas / CC-BY-SA-3.0

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Naujoji Vilnia St. Casimir's Church

Church of St. Casimir is a historicist style church in Naujoji Vilnia elderate of Vilnius, Lithuania.

Loraine90 / CC BY-SA 3.0

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Church of St. Alexander Nevsky

Saint Alexander Nevsky Church is an Eastern Orthodox church in the Naujininkai district of Vilnius dedicated to patron saint Alexander…

Kontis Šatūnas / Public domain

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Antakalnis Cemetery

Antakalnis Cemetery, sometimes referred as Antakalnis Military Cemetery, is an active cemetery in the Antakalnis district of Vilnius,…

Anaiptol / CC BY-SA 3.0

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Baltoji Vokė Łęski palace ruins and park

Baltoji Vokė Manor (Lit.: Baltosios Vokės dvaras, Polish: Pałac Biała Waka is a former Łęski family residential manor in Baltoji Vokė,…