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Lithuania portal. v. t. e. Lithuanian cuisine features products suited to the cool and moist northern climate of Lithuania: barley, potatoes, rye, beets, greens, berries, and mushrooms are locally grown, and dairy products are one of its specialties. Various ways of pickling were used to preserve food for winter.
The street, built in 1836, was initially known as St. George Avenue, Mickiewicz Street (Polish: ulica Mickiewicza), when Vilnius was under Polish rule (1922–1939). At the beginning of the Soviet occupation in 1940 it was called Stalin Avenue, later renamed Lenin Avenue. The avenue carries its present name from 1939 to 1940 and since 1989.
Vilnius Old Town. The Old Town of Vilnius (Lithuanian: Vilniaus senamiestis), one of the largest surviving medieval old towns in Northern 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 meters.
Pilies Street (literally, "Castle Street"; Lithuanian: Pilies gatvė) is one of the main streets in the Old Town of Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. It is a rather short street, running from Cathedral Square to the Town Hall Square. [1] [2] Pilies Street is a popular location for market traders to sell the wares of folk artists.
Coordinates: 54°40′56″N 25°17′22″E. The House of the Signatories on February 16, 2007. The House of the Signatories (Lithuanian: Signatarų namai, previously known as Sztral's House) is a Lithuanian historic landmark on Pilies Street, Vilnius, where on February 16, 1918, the Act of Independence of Lithuania was signed by twenty ...
The Vilnius Castle Complex (Lithuanian: Vilniaus pilių kompleksas or Vilniaus pilys) is a group of cultural, and historic structures on the left bank of the Neris River, near its confluence with the Vilnia River, in Vilnius, Lithuania. The buildings, which evolved between the 10th and 18th centuries, were one of Lithuania's major defensive ...
290 m (950 ft) Location. Vilnius, Lithuania. Postal code. LT-01131, LT-01517. Dominikonų Street (literally, "Dominican Street"; Lithuanian: Dominikonų gatvė) is one of the oldest and central streets in the Vilnius Old Town, connecting Trakų Street and Šv. Jono Street. [1][2][3]
LT-01013, LT-01130. Coordinates. 54°40′45″N 25°17′2″E. / 54.67917°N 25.28389°E / 54.67917; 25.28389. Vokiečių Street (literally: the German Street; Lithuanian: Vokiečių gatvė; German: Die Deutsche Gasse) is a street in the Old Town of Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. [1] It is one of the oldest streets in Vilnius and ...