Cathedral Basilica of St Stanislaus and St Ladislaus of Vilnius
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The Cathedral Basilica of St Stanislaus and St Ladislaus of Vilnius is the main
Roman Catholic Cathedral of
Lithuania . It is situated in
Vilnius Old Town , just off
Cathedral Square . Dedicated to Saints
Stanislaus and
Ladislaus , the church is the heart of Catholic spiritual life in Lithuania.
The coronations of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania took place within its confines. Inside its crypts and catacombs are buried many famous people from Lithuanian and Polish history including Vytautas (1430), his wife Anna (1418), his brother Sigismund (Žygimantas) (1440), his cousin Švitrigaila (1452), Saint Casimir (1484), Alexander Jagiellon (1506), and two wives of Sigismund II Augustus : Elisabeth of Habsburg (1545) and Barbara Radziwiłł (1551). The heart of the Polish king and Grand Duke of Lithuania Władysław IV Vasa was buried there upon his death, although the rest of his body is buried at the Wawel Cathedral in Kraków .
Christmas 3D video projected on the Cathedral © flickr.com - Guillaume Speurt/cc-by-sa-2.0
Inside, there are more than forty works of art dating from the 16th through 19th centuries, including
frescoes and paintings of various sizes. During the restoration of the cathedral, the altars of a presumed
pagan temple and the original floor, laid during the reign of King
Mindaugas , were uncovered. In addition, the remains of the cathedral built in 1387 were also located. A fresco dating from the end of the 14th century, the oldest known fresco in Lithuania, was found on the wall of one of the cathedral’s underground chapels.
During the Soviet regime initially the cathedral was converted into a warehouse. Masses were celebrated again starting in 1988, although the cathedral was still officially called “The Gallery of Images” at that time. In 1989, its status as a cathedral was restored.
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