Vilnius Old Town: Ausros Vartu street

The Old Town of Vilnius (Lithuanian: Senamiestis), one of the largest surviving medieval old towns in Eastern Europe, has an area of 3.59 square kilometres (887 acres). It encompasses 74 quarters, with 70 streets and lanes numbering 1487 buildings with a total floor area of 1,497,000 square metres. The oldest part of the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius, it has developed over the course of many centuries, and has been shaped by the city's history and a constantly changing cultural influence. It is a place where some of Europe's greatest architectural styles - gothic, renaissance, baroque and classical - stand side by side and complement each other. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 1916 KB) Summary en: Ausros Vartu street, Vilnius, Lithuania pl: Ulica Ostrobramska w Wilnie Author: Wojsyl, 2005 Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Vilnius Vilnius Old Town ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 1916 KB) Summary en: Ausros Vartu street, Vilnius, Lithuania pl: Ulica Ostrobramska w Wilnie Author: Wojsyl, 2005 Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Vilnius Vilnius Old Town ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... There are many places throughout the world named Old Town, including: Old Town, Cumbria Old Town, Edinburgh Old Town, Isles of Scilly Old Town, Northumberland Stevenage Old Town Old Town, Vilnius Old Town, West Yorkshire This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise... Pre-1989 division between the West (grey) and Eastern Bloc (orange) superimposed on current national boundaries: Russia (dark orange), other countries of the former USSR (medium orange) and other former communist regimes (light orange). ... The Three Crosses monument in Vilnius. ... See also Gothic art. ... By Region: Italian Renaissance Northern Renaissance *French Renaissance *German Renaissance *English Renaissance Tempietto, San Pietro in Montorio, Rome, 1502 designed by Donato Bramante. ... For the Baroque style in a more general sense, see Baroque. ... From the point of view of modern times, the ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean sometimes seem to blend smoothly into one melange we call the Classical. ...

Pilies Street is the Old Town's main artery and the hub of cafe and street market life. Pilies Street (literally, Castle Street; Lith. ...

In 1994 the Vilnius' Old Town was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List (No. 427) in recognition of its universal value and originality. UNESCO logo The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, commonly known as UNESCO, is a specialized agency of the United Nations system established in 1946. ... A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest, mountain range, lake, desert, building, complex, or city) that has been nominated for the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee. ...