Gate of Dawn, Vilnius Old Town

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The Gate of Dawn is an architectural complex in the old part of the  Vilnius , the capital of Lithuania.

The Gate of Dawn was built between 1503 and 1522 as part of the fortifications of Vilnius, On the inside of the gate there is a classicist Chapel of the Gate of Dawn, built in 1829, with a painting of Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn, Queen of the Polish Crown.
The Gate of Dawn is one of the most important cultural and architectural monuments of the city of Vilnius. It is also an important place of pilgrimage for Catholic, Orthodox and Uniate  Christians.
The Gate of Dawn consists one of the most important attractions of Vilnius, an object of secular tourism and religious pilgrimage.

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