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Šv Kazimiero
Street
A narrow cobble-
stone street named
after St Casimir
snakes around the
back of the church
towards Užupis,
with its jumble
of roofs.
Locator Map
See Street Finder Map pp250–51

Church of the
Holy Spirit

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for her mystical writings, adorn the
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vaulted nave of the church. The
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Basilian Gate

k. Gates of Dawn
Basilian Monastery A site of pilgrimage, this gateway
The now dilapidated monastery complex was used as a to the Old Town pro tects a silver-
prison to hold anti-Russian activists, including the poet covered painting of the Virgin Mary,
Adam Mickiewicz, in the 1820s. said to have miraculous powers.

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