St Casimir
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St
Nicolas |
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St Catherine's |
behind a modern building |
St John's |
St Anne, behind St Bernardine |
St Bernardine |
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St Philippe and James |
St Dominic |
from the other side |
Orthodox churches |
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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 |
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The
neighbourhood of the Vilnius Kenesa features special houses in the
style of the Karaim |
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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 |
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One ancient synagogue is now the Romanian embassy |
Graves in the Jewish cemetery |
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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 |
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Is this the Fabergé egg? | ||
Taras Shevtchenko, poet |
Josaphat Kuntsevitch, fighter for the unity of christian churches, died in 1623 |
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The market |
Houses around the market |
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Belmontas |
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Trakai and Kaunas |