These fotos are mostly of Vilnius with some from a visit to Rumšiškés the Open Air Museum of Lithuania (one of Europe’s largest and best), the River Neris, and Kernavé (a UNESCO site).
Fortress Tower is the signature landmark of Vilnius
looking down from the tower
another tower view
Old Town street scene
another Old Town street scene
Cathedral
Cathedral square after a rain
Chapel of the Black Virgin
a visit to the KGB museum – a dark, creepy feeling
a former eaves-dropping facility in the prison
a solitary confinement cell
solitary confinement in water! (water not shown, to protect the innocent)
the execution chamber – a film dramatization of multiple executions is shown, replete with hosing out of pools of blood and piling of bodies onto a truck – a fitting way to end the museum visit, I guess – but very hard to take.
on to a lighter topic:
Lietuvos liaudies buities muziejus
the Open Air Museum of Lithuania
windmill in the distance
a house from the 1890s
it’s not just old houses
an old village reconstructed
beautifully restored church in the village
The River Neris
it flows through Vilnius – this spot is upstream from the city
Kernavé
an ancient site – it’s a UNESCO site and as such has received critical funding for town and grounds re-design
to fortify their defenses, they moved huge amounts of soil into mounds and built forts on top of them.
