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Rebuilding Vilnius: Restoration Efforts in Lithuania's Historic Capital |
| Section: CULTURE / PEOPLES |
| Author: Susan Tenaglia |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/1997 |
| Size: 2,027 Words, 13,211 Characters |
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The cathedral was once a wooden pagan sanctuary where nature deities, goddesses, and river nymphs were worshiped. Later, when Grand Duke Mindaugas adopted Christianity in 1251, it was briefly converted into a stone cathedral. Mindaugas was murdered by his rivals, and the building again became a heathen shrine. It was finally destroyed in 1387 and a Gothic cathedral built in its place.
Over the next five centuries, the Lithuanians fought--but often failed to remain independent from--German, Polish, and Russian invaders. Consequently, the cathedral and the surrounding city went through several transformations. In the sixteenth century the cathedral acquired a Renaissance appearance, and, in the 1770s, it was reconstructed according to classical designs. The unremarkable facade with its si...
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...iseikyte, who works and lives in Vilnius. "They were told what to do. They were told what to eat, what to buy, what to see. Now the free market is growing more competitive. My generation is learning how to work, how to think for themselves. Now, my parents ask me for advice."
"You only know freedom," adds Jarasunas. "We know both. We know what it feels like to be oppressed and to be free."
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