Vilnius

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Prisons & Fortresses

Vilnius Genocide Museum: The KGB Prison That Erased Lithuanians

For fifty years the Soviet KGB tortured and shot Lithuanians in this Vilnius basement — about 1,000 killed in a room marked 'kitchen.'

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Myths & Legends

Vilnius: Europe's Last Pagan Capital and the Dead Beneath Its Cathedral

Pagan pyres, plague pits, and 2,000 frozen Napoleonic soldiers — the dark history buried beneath Europe's last pagan capital.

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