Church Of The Holy Spirit (Vilnius)
Lithuania /
Vilniaus /
Vilnius /
Dominikonų street, 8
World
/ Lithuania
/ Vilniaus
/ Vilnius
World / Lithuania / Vilniaus
listed building / architectural heritage, Roman Catholic church
This is one of the oldest and most lavishly decorated churches in Vilnius, which belongs to the period of mature and late Baroque. It is thought that the first church stood there in the times of Gediminas, even before the country’s conversion to Christianity. At the beginning of the 15th century Grand Duke Vytautas built the Church of the Holy Spirit, which later was given to the Dominican monasticism, which was oldest in Lithuania. In 1679-1688 the Church was extended and reconstructed. In the middle of the 19th century the Tsar authorities closed down the monastery, and turned the Church into a parish one. Today it is a parish church of the city’s Polish community.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 54°40'52"N 25°17'4"E
- Pacai palace 0.2 km
- The Church of St. Johns 0.3 km
- Cathedral of the Theotokos 0.5 km
- Vilnius All Saints Church 0.6 km
- Holy Trinity (Uniates) Church 0.7 km
- Church of Saint Raphael 1.4 km
- Trakai Peninsula Castle 23 km
- St. George Church 93 km
- Church of St. Francis Xavier 93 km
- 9th Fort 96 km
- Representative building complex of Vilnius 0.2 km
- Vilnius university 0.3 km
- Senamiestis eldership 0.6 km
- Castles Park 0.7 km
- Vilnius Cathedral basilica, Lower and Higher castles building and their remains complex 0.7 km
- Gediminas hill 0.8 km
- Vilnius Castles Cultural Reserve 0.9 km
- Naujamiestis eldership 1 km
- Lukiškės 1.4 km
- Rasos eldership 4 km