In historical documents, the city was first mentioned in 1267. It was a part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania starting in the fourteenth century. After the Union of Lublin…
After the Battle of Vedrosha in 1503, the Grand Duchy of Moscow took control of Bryansk. The settlement was transformed into a crucial stronghold in the Time of Troubles (1598-1613).…
The historical center of the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius Old Town, was created in the fifth and sixth centuries at the meeting point of the Vilnia and Neris rivers. In the…
On Monastyrskyi Island, a monastery was established by Byzantine monks presumably in the ninth century (870 AD). In 1240, the Tatars destroyed the monastery. The Grand Duchy of Lithuania expelled…
The largest capital of Belarus, Minsk, is located on the underground Svislach and Niamiha rivers. As the country’s capital and the administrative hub for the Minsk Region (voblas) and Minsk…
Minsk is Belarus’s capital and largest city, situated on the Svislach and Niamiha rivers, which are now subterranean. Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus as the capital, and…
In 1994 the Vilnius Old Town was included as a UNESCO World Heritage Site (No. 541) in recognition of its universal value and originality. It has been recognized as one…
Klaipėda is a city in Lithuania on the Baltic Sea coast. The capital of the eponymous area, it is the third-biggest city and the main significant seaport in Lithuania. Klaipėda’s…
Halle (Saale), or simply Halle (German: from the 15th to the 17th century: Hall in Sachsen; until the beginning of the 20th century: Halle an der Saale; from 1965 to…
Kaunas, the UNESCO City of Design, is Lithuania’s second-largest city, with around three lakh people. Established in the 14th century, it has evolved into a significant economic, academic, and cultural…
When thinking of a sports building, we always imagine some superstructure with thousands of seating capacity, where a large crowd gathers to watch or participate in a sport. But sports…
When we think about Architecture in Sweden, there is only one thing that comes to mind – its landscape – the snow, the tall pine trees, and archipelagos. And yes,…
