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Didžioji Street
Didžioji Street at dusk
Native nameDidžioji gatvė (Lithuanian)
Former name(s)M. Gorkio
Length600 m (2,000 ft)
LocationVilnius, Lithuania
Postal codeLT-01128
Coordinates54°40′44″N 25°17′16″E / 54.67889°N 25.28778°E / 54.67889; 25.28778

Didžioji Street (literally: the Great Street; Lithuanian: Didžioji gatvė) is a street in the Old Town of Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. It currently connects Pilies Street and Aušros Vartų Street. 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.

Gallery

  • Building in which the first clinic in Lithuania was established in 1805 Building in which the first clinic in Lithuania was established in 1805
  • Vilnius Picture Gallery Vilnius Picture Gallery
  • View towards the town hall at night View towards the town hall at night
  • Swedish Embassy Swedish Embassy

References

  1. ^ "Didžioji gatvė". vilnius21.lt. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  2. "Pilies and Didžioji streets". visitlithuania.net. Archived from the original on 29 November 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  3. "Didžioji g. 31 (Town Hall building)". vilnius-tourism.lt. 1 September 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  4. "Vilniaus Didžiąja gatve žingsniavo istorijos milžinai". lrytas.lt (in Lithuanian). 26 October 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
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