Karoliniškės is a
microdistrict and
eldership of
Vilnius
Vilnius ( , ) is the capital of and List of cities in Lithuania#Cities, largest city in Lithuania and the List of cities in the Baltic states by population, most-populous city in the Baltic states. The city's estimated January 2025 population w ...
,
Lithuania
Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...
. Construction of this district started in 1971.
Karoliniškės covers about 3.7 km
2 in area. There is about 1.015 km
2 of the slop area along the
Neris River, and about 0.11 km
2 of a small forest, called Pasakų parkas (park of fairy-tales).
The tallest structure in Lithuania, the
Vilnius TV Tower, is also situated in this district. Karoliniškės was the main site of the
January Events of 1991.
History
The oldest inhabitants of the neighborhood of Karoliniškės tell that their village was named after a former mansion heiress Karolinka. From January 11 to January 13 in 1991, 13 people died in the
events near the Vilnius TV Tower.
Karoliniškės started to expand in 1971. After the January Events, 8 streets in Karoliniškės were renamed after the fallen defenders' names.
External links
Eldership informationMap of Karoliniškės
{{DEFAULTSORT:Karoliniskes
Neighbourhoods of Vilnius