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St. Anne's Church

A small Gothic church of flame-like red brick, so lovely that Napoleon is said to have wished to carry it back to Paris.

Photo: Jerzy Strzelecki · CC BY-SA 3.0
Open
Every day
Price
Free
Time Needed
20 minutes
Address
Maironio g. 8, 01124 VilniusDirections
Getting There
On the east side of the Old Town, a 5-minute walk from Pilies Street.

Why Go

Built around 1500, its façade uses 33 different shapes of brick to make its pointed arches and slender towers. Behind it stands the larger Bernardine church, part of the same Gothic group.

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