About Vilnius
Vilnius - capital of Lithuania, the largest and one of the oldest towns in Lithuania. The name was first mentioned in 1323, in the letters of Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas, in which he called for artisans, merchants and monks from Western Europe to come and settle in the capital.
Vilnius was formed as a center of tolerance, where people of different nationalities could live happily together - Poles, Belarusians, Russians, Germans, Jews and others. After the first Eastern Europe university was established in Vilnius 1579, town became largest city of culture and education in the region.