After the holidays, when we visit the graves of our loved ones, we invite you to look at the cemetery as a historical monument of the city. On November 9-10, Invisible Vilnius offers a joint visit to the old Vilnius cemetery, to learn about its history, to recognize the past centuries in interesting monuments and to visit the eternal resting places of famous people. Tours are free, but registration is REQUIRED.
Race cemetery
We invite you to take a walk around the oldest cemetery in Vilnius - Rasa cemetery. Their area consists of the old part of the cemetery, founded back in 1796, and the new part, where burials began after the First World War. The wooden fence that once surrounded the cemetery was engulfed by the flames of Napoleon Bonaparte's campaign, and in the XNUMXth century. The restored fragments of the built brick fence can still be seen today. Famous Lithuanian people are buried in the Rasa cemetery - here you can visit the graves of MK Čiurlionis, Jonas Basanavičiaus, Vincos Mykolaitis-Putins, Jonas and Petros Vileišias and other personalities.
Excursions take place:
November 9 11 o'clock Registration
November 10 11 o'clock Registration
Duration: 1 hours 30 minutes
Cemetery of the Sun
The cemetery of the Peter and Paul parish church in Vilnius is now called Saulės kapipis. Founded in the XNUMXth century on the hills of Antakalnis covered with pine forests, they look like a place where heaven meets earth. After passing through a neo-Gothic style gate, reminiscent of a church portal, going up a winding path, we will come to crumbling and reconstructed chapels, old and newer monuments - obelisks, columns, sculptures of grieving women and angels with inscriptions not only in Lithuanian, but also in Latin, Polish, Russian, Belarusian languages. We will remember the people buried here, we will look at the new city views.
Excursions take place:
November 9 12 o'clock Registration
November 10 14 o'clock Registration
Duration: 1 hour
Antakalnis cemetery
The cemetery in the mountainous Antakalnis pine forest was established in 1809, at that time it was known as the Soldiers' Cemetery. Originally, separate plots were intended for burials of laymen, soldiers, orphans and participants in the First World War, but today the cemetery is one. One of the most famous places of this cemetery is Menininkai Kalnelis, where famous Lithuanian writers, actors, painters and musicians rest.
Excursions take place:
November 9 13 o'clock Registration
November 10 13 o'clock Registration
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Bernardine cemetery in Užupis
One of the oldest cemeteries in Vilnius sheltering Vilnius residents since 1810. Cultural and scientific figures, soldiers and most importantly, Vilnius residents who can tell us their stories are resting in the Bernardina cemetery. in 1969 it was declared a historical monument of Republican significance, since 1967 no more burials have been carried out in them, except in exceptional cases in family cemeteries.
Excursions take place:
November 9 14 o'clock Registration
November 10 12 o'clock Registration
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
