Svento Kazimero Street (“St. Casimir Street”, lit. Švento Kazimiero gatvė , Polish zaułek Świętego Kazimierza , Świętokazimierzowski zaułek ) is one of the oldest streets in the Old Town of Vilnius . Narrow and winding, it connects the intersection of the streets of DJJ , Ausros Wartu and Subaciaus with Bokšto Street . In the old days it was called the second Augustinian Lane , before the First World War - first Kazimirovsky Lane or Kazimirsky Lane , then Kazarmenny , in Soviet times it was named after the communist activist, underground member Juozas Vitas and was called ul. J. Vito ( J. Vito g. ) [1] . The length of the street is about 260 m. The carriageway is paved with paving slabs, part of the street is with paving stones and paving slabs. Automobile traffic is one-way, in the direction from the streets of Dzdzheyi and Subaciaus to Boksto street. Numbering starts from the streets of DJJ and Subochaus; odd numbers from 1 to 12 on the right southeast side, even numbers on the left northwest side.
| Svento Casimero | |
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| lit. Švento Kazimiero gatvė | |
 Svento Casimero | |
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| A country |  Lithuania |
| Region | Vilnius district |
| City | Vilnius |
| Area | Sianyuniya (headman) Sianamestis |
| Historical district | Old city |
| Length | 260 m |
| Former names | zaułek Augustański II, zaułek Świętego Kazimierza, Kazimirsky Lane, Barracks Lane, Św. Kazimierzowski zaułek, J. Vito gatvė |
| Postcode | LT-01303 |
Content
- 1 Characteristic
- 2 notes
- 3 Literature
- 4 References
Feature
Buildings on the old buildings, mainly two- and three-story, mostly with courtyards. On the left side, a significant part of the buildings is the buildings of the vast complex of the Jesuit monastery adjacent to the church of St. Casimir , on which the street is named.
On this street, unlike many other streets of the Old Town, there are no shops and there are isolated hotels and entertainment venues. Most of the buildings without signs of a specific architectural style; some buildings are typical residential buildings of the late baroque ( Švento Kazimiero gatvė 5 ) and late classicism ( Švento Kazimiero gatvė 7 , Švento Kazimiero gatvė 9 ).
Not far from the beginning of the street is a noteworthy transverse arch connecting the houses on both sides of the street. Its main purpose was to strengthen the walls. It is assumed that in the old days there were lockable gates under the arch. It, like the arches on the streets of Skapo and Bernardin , has long attracted artists and still becomes the plot of paintings, prints, photographs: the arch along with the blind walls of neighboring buildings and the slope of the pavement gives the impression of a mysterious harsh fortress. This corner of the city is depicted in watercolor by Stanislav Fleury ( 1906 ), lithograph by A. Cholera ( 1916 ), a drawing by Mechislovas Bulaki ( 1949 ), linocut Jonas Kuzminskis ( 1950 ) [2] .
Next to the arch at number 5 in the building of the Late Baroque residential building with a courtyard behind the arched gate is the Pub “Artists” (“Artists”, Artistai ).
To the left northward from Svento Casimero Street, Augustyonu Street (in the Soviet era it was called Syaurai , that is, “Narrow”) departs. The corner building ( Švento Kazimiero gatvė 10 / Augustijonų g. 8 ) houses the Gymnasium named after Vytautas the Great ( Vilniaus Vytauto Didžiojo gimnazija ).
In the building perpendicular to the main building of the gymnasium, there is another arch. Behind it on the left side is the Barbacan Palace Hotel ( Švento Kazimiero gatvė 12 / Bokšto g. 19 ), and further, behind the intersection with Bokšto Street, a wide panorama of the city opens towards Zarechye .
Arch. On the right side of the Jesuit monastery
Svento Casimero 9: residential building of late classicism
Gymnasium named after Vytautas the Great
Arch at the end of the street
Notes
- ↑ Shevelev, Igor. Historical names of Vilnius streets (information for 1991) (unavailable link) . In Vilnius (2000). Date of treatment May 4, 2008. Archived March 12, 2012.
- ↑ Vladas Drėma. Dingęs Vilnius. - Vilnius: Vaga, 1991 .-- S. 171-173. - 404 s. - ISBN 5-415-00366-5 . (lit.)
Literature
- J. Maceika, P. Gudynas. Vadovas po Vilnių. - Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla, 1960 .-- S. 63. - 388 p. (lit.)
Links
- International Survey of Architectural Values in the Environment: Šv. Kazimiero g. The Baltic Inter-SAVE project in Vilnius (2000). Date of treatment May 4, 2008. Archived March 12, 2012.
- Šv. Kazimiero gatvė Vilniuje (lit.) . Vilniaus katalogas . Date of treatment January 15, 2014.