The city of Vilnius

Situated at the crossroads between East and West, the city of Vilnius has played a determining role in Central and Eastern European politics since the mid-13th century. It was said that the fate of Europe often depended on what was happening in Vilnius.
Nestled among picturesque wooded hills, at the confluence of the Neris and Vilnia rivers in southeastern Lithuania, lies Vilnius, Capital of Lithuania.
as the 5th century A.D., and perhaps even earlier.
It is believed that by the 10th – 12th centuries Vilnius had already developed into a city of appreciable size, engaging in commercial ties with neighboring and more distant countries of central and eastern Europe. Located in that part of Lithuania, which from the earliest time had a relatively dense population, Vilnius may have been the capital as early as the reign of King Mindaugas (1236 - 1263), who first unified the Lithuanian Nation and is regarded as the true founder of the Lithuanian State.
In a letter written January 25, 1323, addressed to the inhabitants of Lubeck, Bremen, Magdeburg, Cologne and other cities – including Rome itself – Gediminas refers to Vilnius as his capital city for the firs time. Because of this, and based on historical rather than archaeological records, most historians consider this date to be the founding of Vilnius. During the reign of Gediminas Vilnius emerged as the center of Lithuanian activities, playing the most important role in the development of Lithuanian history. Since that time on, rule over the Lithuanian State was closely associated with rule over Vilnius. The ruler, who had control of the capital city, was accepted as the ruler of the entire country.
Foreign merchants, artisans, craftsmen and members of various religious orders and ethnic groups – Germans, Russians, Poles, Jews – began settling in Vilnius as early as the beginning of the...

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