Lithuania

Cathedral Basilica of St. Stanislaus and St. Ladislaus in Vilnius, commonly known as Vilnius Cathedral.

Ostra Brama (Aušros vartai or Gate of Dawn in Lithuanian) with the Chapel of the Mother of Mercy, which contains a miraculous painting of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Matka Boska Ostrobramska) and is a major pilgrimage destination for Catholics, particularly from Poland.

Interior of the Church of St. Theresa (Kościół Św. Teresy) in Vilnius.

View down Aušros Vartų (Ostrobramska) street in the Old Town of Vilnius, Lithuania, with the Church of St. Theresa visible in the foreground.

People praying in front of the miraculous painting of Our Lady of Ostra Brama (or of the Gate of Dawn) in Vilnius.

Church of St. Theresa, a Roman Catholic church located in the Old Town of Vilnius.

Basilian Monastery Gate, built in the late Baroque and Rococo architectural style, in the Old Town of Vilnius.

Entrance and gateway to the Holy Trinity Church through the Basilian Gate in Vilnius.

Basilian Gate in the Old Town of Vilnius, a prominent example of Vilnius Baroque architecture, designed by the architect Jan Krzysztof Glaubitz and constructed in 1761.

St. Casimir Street in the Old Town of Vilnius.

St. Casimir Street in the Old Town of Vilnius.

Courtyard of Savičiaus street 11 just behind the part of this street considered the narrowest street in Vilnius.

Church of St. Casimir, the first and oldest Baroque church in Vilnius.

Church of St. Casimir, the first and oldest Baroque church in Vilnius.

Town Hall Square in the Old Town of Vilnius.

Church of St. Catherine, a late Baroque church and former Benedictine monastery in Vilnius, built between 1625 and 1743.

Church of St. Catherine in Vilnius, part of a former Benedictine monastery complex. During the Soviet era it was used as a storehouse for the Vilnius Art Museum.

Interior of the Dominican Church of the Holy Spirit in Vilnius.

Interior of the Dominican Church of the Holy Spirit in Vilnius.

Stret lamps on St. Ignatius street (around no 5) in the Old Town of Vilnius.

St. Ignatius street with the abandoned building of the former Dominican Monastery in the background. Old Town of Vilnius.

Dominican Church of the Holy Spirit seen from Dominikańska Street, Vilnius.

Cathedral Square with the prominent Vilnius Cathedral and its belfry.

View of the historic Old Town of Vilnius from the Gediminas Castle Hil with the Church of St. John the Baptist on the right.

Building on Bernardinų gatvė 9 (now Shakespeare hotel) in the Old Town of Vilnius, seen from Gediminas Tower.

Church of St. Peter and St. Paul surrounded by beautiful autumn foliage in Vilnius.

Hill of Three Crosses monument in Vilnius, seen from Gediminas Hill. The current crosses were rebuilt in 1989 after the previous ones were torn down by Soviet authorities.

Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania seen from the nearby Gediminas Tower. Vilnius.

Colorful autumn foliage seen from Gediminas' Hill in Vilnius.

Bernardyńska street in the Old Town of Vilnius.

Memorial plaque and bust dedicated to Adam Mickiewicz and erected in the centenary of his birth in 1898 in the Church of St. Johns in Vilnius.

Solemn military funeral service in St. John's Church in Vilnius.

Church of St. Johns and its bell tower in the Great Courtyard of Vilnius University in Vilnius.

Grand Courtyard of Vilnius University with the facade of the Church of St. John.

Little white angel sculpture hidden in a courtyard at 11 Šv. Mykolo street in Vilnius.

Laundry drying in the courtyard of an old house in the Old City of Vilnius.

St. Anne's Church in Vilnius, a masterpiece of Flamboyant Gothic architecture built in the late 15th century.

Interior of Gabi Restaurant in the Old Town of Vilnius located in an 18th-century handicraftsman's house.

Statue of the Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz next to St. Anne's Church and the adjacent Bernardine Church in Vilnius.

Choir performing in the ornate interior of St. Anne's Church in Vilnius.

Night illumination of Stikliai Street in the historic center of Vilnius.

Vilnius Town Hall (Vilniaus rotušė) at night.

Beautiful street in the Old Town of Vilnius with night time illumination.

Archway of the Lithuanian National Philharmonic building, at Aušros Vartų g. 5, Vilnius.

The Anchor of Fighting Poland (Polska Walcząca) spray painted on the electrical utility box on the way to Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius.

Polish soldier saluting in front of the tomb of the Mother of Polish marshal Józef Piłsudski at the Rossa Cemetery in VIlnius.

Tomb of marshal Józef Piłsudski's mother with the urn containing his heart, at the Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius.

Graves of the three Polish soldiers who were guarding the tomb of Józef Piłsudski's mother with the urn containing his heart when the Soviet soldiers entered the Rossa cemetery on 18th September 1939. They refused to leave their post and were shot on the spot.

Polish military graves at the Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius.

Polish military graves at the Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius carrying signs of devastation from Soviet times.

Grave of Izabella (Iza) Salmonowiczówna on Rossa Cemetery. The monument, often referred to as the "Angel of Death" or the "Black Angel", was created in 1903 by the sculptor Bolesław Bałzukiewicz.

Tomb of Joachim Lelewel, a prominent Polish historian, geographer, bibliographer, and politician and a key figurein the Polish November Uprising of 1830–1831. Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius.

Devastated tombs on the Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius.

Remnants of the tomb of Klara Cimoszek (or Cimoszkówna) in sector 07-g of the Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius.

Devastated tombs on the Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius.

Old crosses on the Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius.

Forgotten tombs on the Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius.

Forgotten grave on the Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius.

Old crosses on the Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius.

Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in the Antokol neighborhood of Vilnius.

Interior of the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Vilnius (consecrated in 1701), a masterpiece of Baroque architecture with around 2,000 stucco figures and ornaments created by Italian artists Giovanni Pietro Perti and Giovanni Maria Galli.

Stucco sculptures in the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Vilnius.

A man praying in a chapel within the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Vilnius.

People gathered on Gediminas Avenue along the way of a solemn miltary funeral parade in Vilnius.

Solemn miltary funeral parade on Gediminas Avenue in Vilnius.

Solemn miltary funeral parade on Gediminas Avenue in Vilnius.

Elderly Lituanian man marching in the solemn miltary funeral parade on Gediminas Avenue in Vilnius.

Vilnius Palace of Concerts and Sports (Koncertų ir sporto rūmai) built during the Soviet era.

Entrance to the National Museum of Lithuania with the monument of King Mindaugas in the foreground and Gediminas' Tower (Gedimino pilies bokštas) on the hill behind it. Vilnius.