Žygimantų Street is a street in the

Vilnius Old Town The Old Town of Vilnius (), one of the largest surviving medieval old towns in Northern Europe, as inscribed within UNESCO World Heritage Sites, has an area of 3.59 square kilometres (887 acres). It encompasses 74 quarters, with 70 streets and ...

, Vilnius, Lithuania. It follows the left bank of the

Neris River The river Neris () or Vilija (, ) rises in northern Belarus. It flows westward, passing through Vilnius (Lithuania's capital) and in the south-centre of that country it flows into the Nemunas (Neman) from the right bank, at Kaunas, as its ma ...

on the stretch between the

Mindaugas Bridge The Mindaugas Bridge () is a bridge in Vilnius, Lithuania. It crosses Neris River and connects Žirmūnai elderate with the Old Town of Vilnius. The bridge was named after Mindaugas, King of Lithuania This is a list of Lithuanian monarchs w ...

separating it from the Arsenal street and the Green Bridge separating it from the

Albertas Goštautas Albertas Goštautas ( – 1539) was a Lithuanian noble of the Goštautai family from the ethnically Lithuanian lands of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Voivode of Navahrudak since 1508, Voivode of Polotsk since 1514, Voivode of Trakai since ...

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History

Before

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, while in the

interbellum Poland The Second Polish Republic, at the time officially known as the Republic of Poland, was a country in Central and Eastern Europe that existed between 7 October 1918 and 6 October 1939. The state was established in the final stage of World War I. ...

the street was named ''ulica Zygmuntowska'' (Sigismunds' Street) after the kings of Poland and Grand Dukes of Lithuania,

Sigismund I the Old Sigismund I the Old (, ; 1 January 1467 – 1 April 1548) was List of Polish monarchs, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1506 until his death in 1548. Sigismund I was a member of the Jagiellonian dynasty, the son of Casimir IV of P ...

Sigismund II Augustus Sigismund II Augustus (, ; 1 August 1520 – 7 July 1572) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, the son of Sigismund I the Old, whom Sigismund II succeeded in 1548. He was the first ruler of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and t ...

, and

Sigismund III Vasa Sigismund III Vasa (, ; 20 June 1566 – 30 April 1632 N.S.) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1587 to 1632 and, as Sigismund, King of Sweden from 1592 to 1599. He was the first Polish sovereign from the House of Vasa. Re ...

. During the Soviet times it was part of the street named after

Karolis Požela Karolis Juozovic Požela (29 February 1896 – 27 December 1926) was one of the early Lithuanian communist leaders. As a medical student at the University of Tartu, he joined the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (bolsheviks) in 1916. In th ...

Notable buildings

*Žygimantų 1: Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences *Žygimantų 2:

Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania The Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania () was formed and started its activities from 1 January 2001, following the amendment of Law on the Establishment of Administrative Courts of 19 September 2000. Composition The Supreme Administrative ...

*Žygimantų 6: ; bears a memorial plaque "In this house, Professor Iosif Rebelsky founded an orphanage and school, which operated in 1944–1950".Josef Rebelskij
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Stasys Šalkauskis Stasys Šalkauskis (May 16, 1896 in Ariogala, Lithuania – December 4, 1941 in Šiauliai, Soviet Union) was a Lithuanian philosopher, educator, rector of Vytautas Magnus University. He was married to Julija Šalkauskienė Paltarokaitė. The w ...

's house

References

{{reflist Streets in Vilnius Vilnius Old Town