page_title: Lukiškės Square
hierarchical_section_title: Lukiškės Square
caption_attribution_description: Tatar mosque and graveyard in the Lukiskes suburb of Vulnius, Lithuania.
context_page_description: Lukiškės Square is the largest square in Vilnius, Lithuania, located in the center of the city. A major street in Vilnius, Gediminas Avenue, passes by the southern border of the square. It is surrounded by many public buildings, including Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Foreign affairs, Appeals Court, Academy of Music and Theater, Church of St. James and St. Phillip, Dominican Monastery with former St. Jacob Hospital. Currently the city of Vilnius holds a contest to redesign the square.
context_section_description: Lukiškės Square (other spellings include Łukiszki, Lukiski, Lukishki, Lithuanian: Lukiškių aikštė) is the largest square (about 4 ha) in Vilnius, Lithuania, located in the center of the city. A major street in Vilnius, Gediminas Avenue, passes by the southern border of the square. It is surrounded by many public buildings, including Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Foreign affairs, Appeals Court, Academy of Music and Theater, Church of St. James and St. Phillip, Dominican Monastery with former St. Jacob Hospital. Currently the city of Vilnius holds a contest to redesign the square.
caption: Tatar mosque and graveyard in the Lukiškės suburb (1830). It was replaced by another, a more traditional one, in 1867
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