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Vilnius Cathedral
The white neoclassical cathedral on its great square, with a separate bell tower and the baroque chapel of Lithuania's patron saint.
- Open
- Every day
- Price
- Free; paid for the crypts and the bell tower
- Time Needed
- 45 minutes
- Address
- Katedros aikštė 1, 01143 VilniusDirections
- Getting There
- At the north end of the Old Town, at the foot of Castle Hill.
Why Go
Its present form, like a Greek temple, dates from 1783–1801, on a site where pagan Lithuanians are said to have worshipped their thunder god. Inside, the Chapel of St. Casimir, from the 1630s, is a jewel of marble and stucco.
On the square, a tile marked 'stebuklas', or miracle, shows where the Baltic Way, a human chain of two million people, ended in 1989.
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