UNESCO World Heritage in Lithuania

UNESCO World Heritage in Lithuania

STRUVE GEODETIC ARC

Vilnius Old Town

In the UNESCO World Heritage List, you will see some objects from Lithuania, that you have never seen in any other country.

Struve Geodetic Arc is a nineteenth century attempt to find the size and shape of the Earth. Astronomer, Professor at the University of Tartu, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, developed a methodology for measuring the meridian arc. 

The heart of the Capital of Lithuania is the beautiful Vilnius Old Town. It is the oldest part of Vilnius on the left shore of river Neris. Nowadays Vilnius Old Town is not only a heritage of old Lithuanian civilization, but also an exclusive bystander of past cultural lifestyle traditions.

Song and

Dance Celebration

SUTARTINĖS,

LITHUANIAN POLYPHONIC SONGS

Cross Crafting

The Lithuanian Song and Dance Celebration is an undoubtedly significant Lithuanian cultural tradition when the human self-expression, love and solidarity for the homeland create the unforgettable event where thousands are able to participate in, and which attracts visitors from all over the world. The Lithuanian Song and Dance Celebration is a national level occasion which is even included into the UNESCO World Heritage list as to be an accredited world-line cultural.

Sutartinės is unique traditional Lithuanian folk music that has retained its ancient form of polyphony, a combination of music, text and motion.

Kernavė

Lithuanian crosses – it is unique masterpieces of combination of architecture, blacksmith, sculpture and painting. Crosses with iron tops, ornamentation, suns, wooden sculptures of various subjects are very important treasures of Lithuanian folk

THE CURONIAN SPIT

Hill of crosses

Kernavė is a unique Lithuanian 5 mounds complex in Baltic states. It reveals the old disappeared culture, civilization and the most important periods of Lithuanian history. The town is a marvelous Lithuanian corner where visitors are able to feel the power of past in this vicinity.

This is a place that a visitor can’t help admiring and will want to come back again and again. Outstretching through the territories of two states, the Republic of Lithuania and the Russian Federation, this 98 km-long peninsula is an outstanding creation of nature and man. The architecture of all of the four settlements of Neringa is absolutely fascinating.