Vilnius: Historian-Led Heaven, Hell & the Snake Tour
ID: GYG1391968-2125342
Categorie:
Land: Litouwen
Duur:
02:00 uren
Beschrijving
A historian's walk through how Vilnius actually believed: miracle cures in silver, the dead who wouldn't rot, a city's monster, and a cathedral built directly over Europe's last pagan temple.
They kept a snake in the house and fed it milk by hand. Killing it brought disaster. That's where this walk starts — and it tells you what you need to know about Vilnius: the pagan gods never left. They were built over.
In one square kilometre of the Old Town: a wall of silver body-parts left by people buying a cure from heaven. Bodies in two churches that refused to decay. A painting whose third hand kept bleeding back through the paint no matter how many times someone tried to cover it. A single noble family that turned Protestant, then Catholic, in two generations — and the mob that drove the rest of the Protestants outside the walls for it. And under the cathedral: a fire that, depending who you ask, never really went out, in the last country in Europe to give up its gods.
Led by Dr. Simonas Strelcovas, historian and Associate Professor, on foot, in English. Two hours, small group.
Every stop is viewed from the street. What's behind each door, I tell you myself — a closed door has never stopped a good story.
Hoogtepunten
- Walk the last pagan capital of Europe with a working historian, not a script
- The wall of silver hearts, legs and eyes left for a miracle cure
- The incorrupt holy dead — bodies that "would not rot" — in two faiths
- A city's plague-fear given a face: the Basilisk of Vilnius, killed by a mirror
- Ends at the cathedral built over the site of the last pagan temple in Europe
Talen
BELANGRIJKE INFORMATIE
This is an outdoor, street-level walk. Every stop is viewed from the outside — no church interiors are part of the guided segment (several have their own separate opening hours if you'd like to return on your own afterward). A part of the route is cobblestones — manageable but might be difficult for wheelchairs.
Meet at the Bastion of the Vilnius Defence Wall (Bastėja), Bokšto g. 20 — the fortification tower and grassy bastion just south of the Old Town walls. Exact meeting point: https://maps.app.goo.gl/KzWX2nsgH9sE5fx69
Your guide, Dr. Simonas Strelcovas, will be waiting at the entrance to the bastion grounds. If you can't find him, message via WhatsApp: https://wa.me/message/ESIGDLDUP2LWA1
INCLUDED
- A 2-hour guided walking lecture in English
- Led by a PhD historian, Associate Professor and former museum director
- Small group (up to 12 people)
- A route through 8 stops in the Old Town, including the Bastion, Gate of Dawn, Holy Spirit Orthodox Church, and Vilnius Cathedral
NIET INBEGREPEN.
- Hotel or accommodation pickup
- Food and drink
- Any optional church donations
Wanneer moet ik boeken?
Om de beschikbaarheid te garanderen, dient u zo snel mogelijk te reserveren. Vroegboekkorting is het overwegen waard, vooral als u de reis plant tijdens het hoogseizoen, zoals op feestdagen of in het weekend.
Annuleringen
Deze excursie kunt u kosteloos annuleren tot: annuleringstijd voor aanvang van de reis. Bij annulering na: annulering na: annuleringstijd of niet aanwezig zijn op de excursie wordt de volledige prijs van de activiteit alsnog in rekening gebracht. Te laat komen bij het ophalen of vertrekken wordt beschouwd als niet komen opdagen.
