Gediminas Hill

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Visitors once again allowed onto Vilnius’ Gediminas Hill

Visitors are one again allowed onto Gediminas Hill in central Vilnius after a break of around eight months, the National…

6 years ago
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Researchers want genetic identification of 1863 uprising leader’s remains

Lithuanian researchers want to conduct genetic analyses to identify the remains of Konstantinas Kalinauskas (Konstanty Kalinowski), one of the leaders…

7 years ago
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Researchers to unveil findings on remains found on Vilnius’ Gediminas Hill

Anthropologists will unveil on Thursday the latest findings of their research of human remains found on the Gediminas Hill in…

7 years ago
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Vilnius’ Gediminas Hill remains in critical but stable state – official

Vilnius' historic Gediminas Hill remains in a critical but stable state after the winter, with a risk of landslides at…

7 years ago
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Panel proposes to declare national emergency over Vilnius’ Gediminas Hill

The Lithuanian government's emergency commission proposed on Tuesday to declare a national emergency over the poor condition of Vilnius' historic…

7 years ago
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Lithuania may declare nationwide emergency over crumbling Gediminas hill

Vilnius' municipal administration director Povilas Poderskis says that a nationwide emergency is planned to be declared over the critical condition…

7 years ago
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Lithuania’s iconic Gediminas Hill closed to visitors after landslide

Specialists on Saturday decided to close the Gediminas Hill in downtown Vilnius to visitors after a landslide on its eastern…

7 years ago
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Researchers ask Government to fund genetic testing of 1863 uprising leaders’ remains

Researchers expect to confirm after genetic testing that the remains of Žigmantas Sierakauskas (Zygmunt Sierakowski) and Konstantinas Kalinauskas (Konstanty Kalinowski),…

7 years ago
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Pedestrian traffic restricted at foot of Gediminas Hill in central Vilnius

After a call from the Lithuanian National Museum to take additional security measures at the foot of the Gediminas Hill,…

7 years ago
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Gediminas Hill reopened to visitors

Vilnius' Gediminas Hill, which was closed for visitors last week due to heavy rain forecasts, is being reopened on Tuesday,…

7 years ago
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Gediminas Hill more permeable to water than thought, Polish geologists find

Polish geologists have found that the structure of Vilnius' landmark Gediminas Hill is more permeable to water than thought, a…

7 years ago
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Prosecutors ask Government to look into how Gediminas Hill was maintained

The Lithuanian Prosecutor General's Office is not opening, at least for now, a public interest case over damage done to…

7 years ago
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Gediminas Hill closed until Monday as downpours expected

As forecasters warn of downpours in Vilnius, the Lithuanian Culture Ministry has decided to close the capital's Gediminas Hill for…

7 years ago
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Government allocates EUR 3 mln for urgent works on Vilnius’ Gediminas Hill

The Lithuanian government on Wednesday allocated almost 3 million euros for urgent works to deal with landslides on Gediminas Hill…

7 years ago
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Vilnius declares emergency situation over Gediminas Hill

The city of Vilnius on Thursday declared an emergency situation due the critical condition of Gediminas Hill and warned that…

7 years ago
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Archeologists guess finding guerrilla bodies on Gediminas Hill slope

Lithuanian archeologists discovered remains of four persons on the top of the Gediminas Hill in downtown Vilnius, guessing they could…

8 years ago