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Memories of famous people, other aeras in Vilnius and the Belmontas recreation area

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Gdansk

Balaton and the hills and cities on its north Dublin
Maastricht Vaux le Vicomte castle


Vilnius

Churches


St Casimir


 

St Nicolas






St Catherine's


behind a modern building


St John's




St Anne, behind St Bernardine




St Bernardine



St Philippe and James





St Dominic



from the other side


Orthodox churches


The Orthodox cathedral

Its iconostase


and nave





The interior of the "Holy spirit"



The interior of St Nicolas




and its gate






Vilnius remembers its Gettho - an inscription on Rotuše (City Hall) square


Jewish memories


   
The memorial column in                       The statue of a Jewish teacher,
 the ghetto area itself                              Tsemah Szabad, a doctor,
                                                           communal leader and politician
         





     and of the Gaon, the famous wise rabbi






The Trakai Kenesa (further Trakai pictures here)

A very special group were the Karaites. a turkish tribe with a religion almost Jewish
Their synagoues called Kenesas can be found in Trakai and in Vilnius














The neighbourhood of the Vilnius Kenesa features special houses in the style of the Karaim




In the Gaon museum you see ancient objects

and their modern interpretations



and a history of centuries of Jewish people in Lithuania


The Synagogue used today







One ancient synagogue is now the Romanian embassy


Graves in the Jewish cemetery






A leaf from the list of the inhabitants of the ghetto


The memorial plaque and the map of the two ghettos




These "stumbling stones" are to be found in many cities, also in Vilnius


Memorial plaques, lists and photos
preserve the memories of those
killed



Memories of famous people and other areas in Vilnius


 


In the courtyard of Trinity church

Is this the Fabergé egg?

Taras Shevtchenko, poet







Josaphat Kuntsevitch, fighter for the
unity of christian churches, died in 1623

The market










 
Houses around the market








Belmontas




















Trakai and Kaunas