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| Know locally as <b>Vilna</b>, <b>Vilnius</b> is the capital city of ]. | |||
| ] or Mindowe and his wife were baptized in ]/] by the ] of ]. When Mindowe was murdered by his nephew, great confusion and complete relapse into ] followed. ], grand duke since ], started restoration with ] colonists and numerous | |||
| cities were founded with city statutes customary in Germany (Magdeburg law). The most important of these cities was Wilnius (Wilna). | |||
| Vilnius became the capital city of Lithuania. Due to the fact that the Grand Dukes of Lithuania were also kings of ], Poles started to take over many aspects of Lithuanian life. | |||
| Vilnius located in the far south-east corner of modern Lithuania. This non-central location can be attributed to the changing shape of the nation through the past centuries; Vilnius was once not only culturally, but geographically the center of Lithuania. | |||
| Today, Vilnius is a modern, cosmopolitan city reminiscent of ] or ]. Restaurants, hotels and museums have sprouted since Lithuania declared independence from the ] in ]. | |||
| During the ], the center of Vilnius was converted into a ] for the ]ish population. Most of the ghetto's inhabitants were liquidated by ]s and their Lithuanian collaborators at ], a mass grave on the outskirts of the city. | |||
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