Didžioji Street
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 Didžioji Street at dusk | |
| Native name | Didžioji gatvė (Lithuanian) |
|---|---|
| Former name(s) | M. Gorkio[1] |
| Length | 600 m (2,000 ft) |
| Location | Vilnius, Lithuania |
| Postal code | LT-01128 |
| Coordinates | 54°40′44″N 25°17′16″E / 54.67889°N 25.28778°E |
Didžioji Street (literally: the Great Street; Lithuanian: Didžioji gatvė) is a street in the Old Town of Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania.[2] It currently connects Pilies Street and Aušros Vartų Street.[1] The street surrounds the Vilnius Town Hall and in the past was visited by many well-known people including Francysk Skaryna, Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł, Konstantinas Sirvydas, Joseph Frank, Christina Gerhardi-Frank, Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Napoleon, Sophie de Choiseul-Gouffier, Fyodor Dostoevsky.[3][4]
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Building in which the first clinic in Lithuania was established in 1805 -
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View towards the town hall at night -
Swedish Embassy
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "Didžioji gatvė". vilnius21.lt. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
- ^ "Pilies and Didžioji streets". visitlithuania.net. Archived from the original on 29 November 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
- ^ "Didžioji g. 31 (Town Hall building)". vilnius-tourism.lt. 1 September 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
- ^ "Vilniaus Didžiąja gatve žingsniavo istorijos milžinai". lrytas.lt (in Lithuanian). 26 October 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.