Vilnius University is a public research university, which is the first and largest university in Lithuania, as well as one of the oldest and most prominent higher education institutions in Central and
The Grand Courtyard of Vilnius University and Church of St. Johns
The Grand Courtyard of Vilnius University and the Church of St. John, Jan Kazimierz Wilczyński, drawing, circa 1850
Vilnius University Library courtyard
Franciszek Smuglewicz hall in the Vilnius University Library
Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to th
Vilnius University
…Vilnius University (Lithuanian: Vilniaus universitetas) is a public research university, which is the first and largest university in Lithuania, as well as one of the oldest and most prominent higher education institutions in Central and Eastern Europe. Today, it is Lithuania's leading research…
Earliest mention of Lithuania (Litua, on line 7) in the entry for 1009 in the 11th-century Annals of Quedlinburg, Dresden, Sächsische Landesbibliothek, Q.113, fol 31r.
Baltic amber was a valuable trade item, transported from the region of modern-day Lithuania to the Roman Empire through the Amber Road.
Ancient Kernavė hillforts
Trakai Island Castle, the former residence of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania. Nearby Senieji Trakai was the capital of the medieval state in 1316–1323, before the Lithuanian capital was transferred to Vilnius by the Lithuanian monarch Gediminas.