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Portal 15 minutes invites you to discover the 10 most interesting cemeteries in Vilnius and their brief history. Perhaps nature walkers will find something to include in their itineraries after reading this article.
Solar graveyard
The solar cemetery is located in the pine-covered hills of Antakalnis, near St. Churches of Peter and Paul. This is the parish cemetery of this church. They received the name of the solar cemetery only during the Soviet era, until then called St. Peter and Paul Church Cemetery.
The Cemetery of the Sun is less known than the Ras or Bernardo Cemetery, but no less old. The exact date of its establishment is unknown, but it is speculated that the plague’s victims, the poor parishioners, may have been buried as early as the 18th century. at first. The cemetery chapel was built in 1811.
Residents of the Vilnius suburbs – Antakalnis, Šnipiškės and Lukiškės – were buried here. 19th century the location of the tomb was carefully chosen, it signified the social status or social dependence of a person.
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