Gediminas Avenue and nearby

In the middle of the XIX century, after the St. Petersburg – Warsaw railway was laid, the rapid development of Vilnius began. Next to the old town, new industrial, commercial and residential neighborhoods grew.

A new central street of the city was laid - St. George Avenue. When the authorities changed the name of the avenue. Later it was named after A. Mickevičius, Stalin, Lenin, and in 1989 it became Gediminas Avenue. The avenue is built up with buildings of the XIX-XX centuries, in which currently there are public administration institutions and public institutions, enterprises of trade and catering. Gediminas Avenue connects the historical center of the city - the Cathedral Square with the building of the Seimas.