IN TOUCH WITH VILNIUS
IN TOUCH WITH VILNIUS
INDEX
OLD TOWN MAP
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8-9
ARCHES
10-17
WICKETS
18-29
DOORS
30-41
WINDOWS
42-51
ALL INSIDE
52-57
PANEL DISTRICT
MODERN DISTRICT
MAP
60-61
MAP
BALCONIES
62-69
WINDOWS
GRAFFITI
70-81
FENCES
COURTYARDS
82-93
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96-97
98-105
106-111
FOREWORD
This city guide introduces city visitors and tourists to the other side of Vilnius. Vilnius is a very contrasting and beautiful city, which is interesting to explore and observe how life is boiling in this modern city. The main task of the book is to show the city from the side of an ordinary citizen. Due to this, the reader can see the city from the inside and get acquainted with various methods of improvement by residents and different city organizations. How the architecture and structure of residential areas affects the lives of ordinary people. The book has three chapters in which the main methods of influence of residents on the city are revealed. The book covers three different parts of the city, the Old Town, panel districts and modern houses.
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CITY GUIDE
The guide should help to differently present life in various parts of the city and change the steady opinion about the open Old Town and closed residential areas on the outskirts of the city. Each chapter has points to which having paid attention it is possible to sum up the private life of the city and its inhabitants. After getting acquainted with the guidebook, you can go on your own and see another Vilniusю. Рщз
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OLD TOWN
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OLD TOWN Old town buildings Other buildings
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ARCHES
The old town has many old houses with arches, they lead to the courtyard of the house and are often closed to other residents. In this chapter, selected photos of arches, which show the privacy of the private life of the house on the other side of the arch. The arches have a different shape and structure. It makes the city more individual and beautiful.
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ARCHES
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ARCHES
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ARCHES
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WICKETS
This chapter ĐľŃƒtells about wickets and gates in the Old Town of Vilnius. All gates have an interesting shape and an individual pattern that adorns the city. But at the first of all, the gate has a protective function for residents of houses in the Old Town. Vilnius is full of tourists and residents of other districts. The gate helps to isolate from the city and unwanted guests. So residents feel calm.
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WICKETS
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WICKETS
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WICKETS
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WICKETS
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WICKETS
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DOORS
Vilnius old town has a very old architecture. Houses become shabby and they are repaired. City organizations change the windows, the houses are painted in new colors and only one element stay in place without changes - the doors. In such houses, the doors are restored and left, as they are very interesting in form and have amazing wood cutting. If you walk around the Old Town, be sure to pay attention to the doors of the houses.
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DOORS
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DOORS
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DOORS
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DOORS
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DOORS
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WINDOWS
Windows in the ĐŠĐ´Old Town often have bars to protect themselves from other people and the city. Often have flower beds for decoration. Looking at the windows of houses in the Old Town, you can see an individual approach to decorating and fencing each owner.
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WINDOWS
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WINDOWS
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WINDOWS
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WINDOWS
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INSIDE
This срфchapter shows the appearance of the courtyards in the Old Town. The number of cars, flowers and fences on territory. All this makes each yard individual and shows the private life of residents and introduces the reader to a new view of the city, which is hidden from public view. It gives new emotions.
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INSIDE
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INSIDE
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PANEL DISTRICT
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PANEL DISTRICT Panel districts Other buildings
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BALCONIES
At first you might think that panel houses always have an unremarkable look. All the houses are the same, and the inhabitants are not social. This opinion disappears when you go into the courtyards of such areas. Immediately striking is the way the people decorate the space of their balconies. Almost all balconies are painted or decorated with flowers. Materials and color is different. This creates a more colorful atmosphere for the yard and the houses.
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BALCONIES
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BALCONIES
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GRAFFITI
Gray houses give street artists the opportunity to decorate it with graffiti. Artist try to declare himself and transform the empty walls of panel houses. On the streets you can see a lot of graffiti.
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GRAFFITI
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GRAFFITI
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GRAFFITI
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GRAFFITI
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GRAFFITI
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COURTYARDS
The courtyards of panel houses have many means of communication between the сшешcitizens. Many basketball fields, playgroundsю. КК Residents together decorate the area around their home.
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COURTYARDS
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COURTYARDS
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COURTYARDS
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COURTYARDS
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COURTYARDS
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MODERN DISTRICT
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MODERN DISTRICT Modern districts Other buildings
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WINDOWS
New modern houses are still being filled with new residents. Walking around these areas you can see how all the windows look the same even if the architecture of the house is unusual and modern. Residents do not try to decorate their space. It is rare to see flowers on the balconies. It seems that no one lives hereŃŽ.
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WINDOWS
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WINDOWS
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WINDOWS
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FENCES
New homes have a high degree of fencing for residents of the house. The whole yard has a fence around the houses. The verandas of the first floors are also fenced with a green fence of bushes. All fences are the same and the residents have no influence on them.
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FENCES
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FENCES
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