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Tomas Venclova was born in Klaipėda in 1937. His father, Antanas, was a poet and Soviet politician.Tomas was educated at Vilnius University.He was one of the five founding members of the Lithuanian Helsinki Group, and took part in Lithuanian and Russian dissident movements. [1]
Cathedral and its bell tower. The Cathedral Square in Vilnius (Lithuanian: Katedros aikštė) is the main square of the Vilnius Old Town, right in front of the neo-classical Vilnius Cathedral.
Targi Północne (The Northern Trade Fair) was a trade fair in interbellum Poland.It was established in 1928 and held in Wilno (now Vilnius, Lithuania).The Fair was designed to attract businesses from the area of northeastern Poland, as well as Lithuania, Latvia and the Soviet Union.
Main façade of the Sapieha Palace after restoration in 2024 Side façade of the Sapieha Palace after restoration in 2024. Sapieha Palace (Lithuanian: Sapiegų rūmai, Polish: Pałac Sapiehów w Wilnie) is a High Baroque palace in Sapiegos str., Antakalnis district of Vilnius, Lithuania.
The Wilno Voivodeship (Polish: województwo wileńskie) was one of 16 Voivodeships in the Second Polish Republic, with the capital in Wilno (now Vilnius, Lithuania). The jurisdiction was created in 1926 and populated predominantly by Poles , with notable minorities of Belarusians , Jews and Lithuanians .
Wilno–Troki County [a] was a county with capital in Vilnius located in Wilno Land, and later, Wilno Voivodeship, in Poland. [1] It originated from informal unification of administration, between the counties of Wilno and Troki, that existed from 1921 to 1922 within the Republic of Central Lithuania, and from 1922 to 1923 or 1924 in Poland.
Prozorov Building. Jakšto Street (Lithuanian: Jakšto gatvė) is a short street in the central part of Vilnius, named after the Lithuanian Catholic theologist and philosopher Adomas Jakštas [].
The garden was established by professor Jean-Emmanuel Gilibert of Vilnius University in 1781. In 1832 the Vilnius University and Botanical Garden were closed. In 1919, the Botanical Garden of the Polish Stefan Batory University was started in a new location, in Vingis (known as Zakret at that time). [3]