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Comment: More paintings from the church of St. Casimir, Vilnius.
FountainMiranda * Miranda observing Vilnius from her cute little eyes! * 3264 x 2448 * (2.28MB)

StCasimirChurch1 * Saint Casimir Church - named after the patron saint of Lithuania, Prince Casimir Jagiellon, and founded in 1604 by the Jesuits, St. Casimir’s is the oldest Baroque church in Vilnius. It’s long been a favourite subject of persecution and abuse, featuring among its many outrages Napoleon’s troops use of the building as a grain store in 1812, its conversion into the Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas by the Russians some 20 years later (the Russians then turned it into a cathedral in 1864, the same year they banned the Lithuanian language in the Latin script) to its temporary use as a Protestant temple by the occupying German army (1915-1917). Perhaps most shocking was the Soviet’s innovative application of the building, turning it as they did into a museum of atheism. Fear not however, for it’s once again in the safe hands of its rightful owners, and exquisitely beautiful both inside and out. * 1971 x 2816 * (915KB)

StCasimirChurch2 * Details of the entrance of St Casimir church, simply marvelous * 2815 x 1877 * (1021KB)

StCasimirChurch3 * Details of the entrance of St Casimir church. * 3264 x 2176 * (1.34MB)

StCasimirChurchInterior1 * Inside St. Casimir church... the main altar and facade behind the altar showing the patron saint. * 2026 x 3040 * (984KB)

StCasimirChurchInterior2 * Painting of St. Casimir. Saint Casimir Jagiellon (October 3, 1458 - March 4, 1484), was Polish-Lithuanian prince from the Jagiellon dynasty who became a patron saint of Poland, Lithuania and youth. * 2158 x 3237 * (1.22MB)
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StNicholasOrthodoxChurch1 * St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in Vilnius, Lithuania * 2176 x 3264 * (1.22MB)

StNicholasOrthodoxChurch2 * Closeup of Saint Nicholas Orthodox church, which is built in the gothic-Byzantine style. * 3263 x 2175 * (1.22MB)

StParasceveChurch * The orthodox church of St. Parasceve. * 3264 x 2176 * (1.38MB)

GediminasStatue * For centuries Vilnius had no monument to honour the city’s founder, the Grand Duke Gediminas, but this was set right in September 1996. He stands more or less on the same spot where an iron wolf (strangely represented by V. Kašuba in the statue in stone) he saw in a dream induced him to found the city in the early 14th century. * 1956 x 2934 * (873KB)

VilniusCathedral * Facade of Vilnius Cathedral. Between 1786 and 1792 three sculptures by Kazimierz Jelski were placed on the roof of the Cathedral - Saint Casimir on the south side, Saint Stanislaus on the north and Saint Helena in the centre. Presumably the sculpture of St. Casimir originally symbolised Lithuania, that of St. Stanislaus symbolised Poland, and that of St. Helena symbolised Russia's dominance. These sculptures were removed in 1950 and restored in 1997. * 3264 x 2176 * (1.11MB)

BellTower * The Cathedral’s Bell Tower is 57 metres high and acquired its present appearance after the 1801 reconstruction. It is situated on Cathedral square. * 2176 x 3264 * (913KB)
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