Vilnius is classified as a Gamma global city according to GaWC studies, and is known for its Old Town of beautiful architecture, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994.

Vilnius ' Town Hall

The current Vilnius Town Hall was rebuilt in neoclassical style according to the design by Laurynas Gucevičius in 1799.

Vilnius Town Hall Square after reconstruction

Marcin Zaleski, Vilnius Town Hall, 1863

The Town Hall Square () at the end of the Pilies Street is a traditional centre of trade and events in Vilnius.

Vilnius Town Hall

The pavilions of the fair occupy streets and squares in the Old Town of Vilnius.

It is also an excellent vantage point, from where the panorama of Vilnius ' Old Town can be admired.

* Reconstruction of Vilnius Town Hall by Laurynas Gucevičius is completed.

The Town Building Faculty of the KPI Vilnius Branch was established.

* In 2011, Vilnius city introduced four eco buses that go around the Vilnius Old Town.

Two large sculptures of Mickevičius were erected in Vilnius: one in front of the Vilnius Town Hall ( 1962 ) and another, depicting Mickevičius with Lenin, in Antakalnis ( 1979 ).

There is a bust monument built in his honor in the Old Town of Vilnius in the middle of the square of his name.

The Old Town of Vilnius (), one of the largest surviving medieval old towns in Central Europe, has an area of 3. 59 square kilometres ( 887 acres ).

The main street of Vilnius, Gediminas Avenue, is partially located in the Old Town.

One of the most elaborate architectural complexes is the Vilnius University Architectural Ensemble, which occupies a large part of the Old Town and has 13 courtyards.

In 1994 the Vilnius Old Town was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List ( No. 541 ) in recognition of its universal value and originality.

Therefore Užupis is often considered a part of the Old Town of Vilnius.

One of Dollond's telescopes in the White Hall of the Vilnius University Library

The Aula ( or Hall ) of Vilnius University in the Grand Courtyard.

When the high-society organised the first Vienna ball in the Vilnius City Hall, he organised a party for the poor people in the square just outside the building.

Polanyi, born Polányi Mihály () in Budapest, was the fifth child of Mihály and Cecília Pollacsek, secular Jews from Ungvár ( then in Hungary but now in the Ukraine ) and Vilnius in Lithuania, respectively.

Vilnius is situated in southeastern Lithuania () at the confluence of the Vilnia and Neris Rivers.

Marija Gimbutas () ( Vilnius, January 23, 1921 – Los Angeles, United States February 2, 1994 ), was a Lithuanian-American archeologist known for her research into the Neolithic and Bronze Age cultures of " Old Europe ", a term she introduced, and for her Kurgan hypothesis, the current most widely accepted of the Proto-Indo-European Urheimat hypotheses among scholars.

Vilnius International Airport () is the largest civil airport in Lithuania.

Gediminas ' Tower () is the only remaining part of the Upper Castle in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Vilnius County () is the largest of the 10 counties of Lithuania, located in the east of the country around the city Vilnius.

Elijah ben Shlomo Zalman Kremer, () known as the Vilna Gaon or Elijah of Vilna and simply by his Hebrew acronym Gra (" Gaon Rabbenu Eliyahu ") or Elijah Ben Solomon, ( Vilnius April 23, 1720 – Vilnius October 9, 1797 ), was a Talmudist, halachist, kabbalist, and the foremost leader of non-hasidic Jewry of the past few centuries.

Matvey Matveyevich Gusev () ( in Vyatka, Russia – in Berlin, Germany ) was a Russian astronomer who worked at Pulkovo Observatory near St. Petersburg from 1850 to 1852 and then at Vilnius Observatory ( which he established at the University of Vilnius ) thereafter.

Širvintos () is a city in Vilnius County in the eastern part of Lithuania.

Gediminas Avenue () is the main street of Vilnius, where most of the governmental institutions of Lithuania are concentrated, including the government, parliament, Constitutional Court and ministries.

The Vilnius TV Tower () is a tower in the Karoliniškės microdistrict of Vilnius, Lithuania.

Amber Air () was an airline based in Vilnius, Lithuania, operating scheduled and chartered flights out of Palanga International Airport.

The Vilnius Dungeons () are medieval dungeons under parts of the downtown of Vilnius.

It was a reprint of a thesis presented during a Polish – Lithuanian historical conference () at Vilnius University.

Józef Łukaszewicz was born December 13, 1863 in his family's manor of Bikiškė () near Vilnius ( currently in the Elderate of Medininkai, at the border with Belarus ).

* A public square in Vilnius in front of the Press House is named after Sakharov.

Grutas Park is home to a monument of Stalin, originally set up in Vilnius.

According to some geographers, the geographical midpoint of Europe is just north of Lithuania's capital, Vilnius.

* Luxembourg is represented in Lithuania through its embassy in Warsaw ( Poland ) and through an honorary consulate in Vilnius.

BI has roughly 1500 students in China through its close relationship with Fudan University in Shanghai, and is also the majority shareholder of the ISM University of Management and Economics ( previously known as International School of Management ) with around 2000 students located in Vilnius and Kaunas in Lithuania.

Elsewhere, ethnic Poles constitute large minorities in Lithuania, Belarus, and Ukraine: Polish is the most widely used minority language in Lithuania's Vilnius County ( 26 % of the population, according to the 2001 census results ) and is found elsewhere in southeastern Lithuania ; in Ukraine it is most common in the Lviv and Lutsk regions, while in Western Belarus it is used by the significant Polish minority especially in the Brest and Grodno regions and in areas along the Lithuanian border.

# Poles living in Lithuania ( particularly in the Vilnius region ), in Belarus ( particularly the northwest ), and in the northeast of Poland continue to speak the Eastern Borderlands dialect which sounds " slushed " ( in Polish described as zaciąganie z ruska, ' speaking with a Russian drawl '), and is easily distinguishable.

Vilnius (; see also other names ) is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 554, 060 ( 838, 852 together with Vilnius County ) as of 2011.

Vilnius is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality.

It is also the capital of Vilnius County.

The first known written record of Vilnius as the Lithuanian capital is known from Gediminas ' letters in 1323.

An older Russian name was Вильна / Вильно ( Vilna / Vilno ), although Вильнюс ( Vilnius ) is now used.

The construction of Swedbank ’ s headquarters is symbolic of the importance of Scandinavian banks in Vilnius.

The building complex “ Vilnius Business Harbour ” was built in 2008, and one of its towers is now the 5th tallest building in Lithuania.

Furthermore, Vilnius has access to groundwater, and there is no need to use extensive chemicals in treating surface water from lakes or rivers, providing residents with some of the cleanest and healthiest tap water access in Europe.

Lying close to Vilnius is a site some claim to be the Geographical Centre of Europe.