Car Hire Vilnius - downtown - Mini guide to Vilnius - downtown

Vilnius happens to be the largest city in Lithuania and is known by multiple names including Wilno and Vilna. Vilnius is located at the meeting point of the Vilnia and Neris Rivers and is believed to be named for the Vilnia River. What is believed to be the Geographical Center of Europe is close by and all areas around Vilnius are accessible by car hire.

Vilnius Old Town has more monuments of interest than any other part of Vilnius and includes palaces and religious monuments. The palaces include Tyzenhaus Palace, Radziwill Palace, Presidential Palace, Slushko Palace, and Royal Palace.Religious monuments include St. Nicholas Church, Gate of Dawn, St. Anne's Church, Vilnius Cathedral , All Saints Church, Cathedral of the Theotokos, and Three Crosses.

Under parts of downtown Vilnius lie the Vilnius Dungeons which play host to approximately 4,000 dead bodies that consist of both mummified bodies and skeletons. Beliefs on the size and purpose for these dungeons vary from person to person. Unfortunately, they are closed off from the public.

Other places of interest include National Museum of Lithuania, House of the Signatories, The Opera and Ballet Theater, Lithuanian National Drama Theater and most recently The Jonas Mekas Visual Arts Center. The National Museum has exhibits tracing Lithuanian history from pre-historic time up until 1940 along with crosses studded with pagan symbols and even a donated Egyptian mummy. The House of the Signatories is a historic landmark where the Act of Independence of Lithuania was signed by twenty members of the Council of Lithuania.

The Opera and Ballet Theater offers performances ranging in various levels from the pseudo-professional to the outstanding. The Lithuanian National Drama Theater has some of the best productions in Vilnius and even provides live English translation. The Jonas Mekas Visual Arts Center is an avant-garde art center currently featuring the exhibition The Avant-Garde: From Futurism to Fluxus.

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