. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. LITnUANIA. 2G5 the Narev basin, near the Polish frontier. It does a considerable trade, and is the centre of an extensive woollen industry. On the right bank of the Niémen stands Grodno, capital of the government of like name, a town of mean houses and huts, relieved here and there by some large buildings, palaces, or barracks. It, Fig. 125.—ViLNA : View taken fuom the Snipiski is an historical place, Avhere, after 1675, every third Polish Diet was held. The mineral waters of Drmkeniki, in its neighbourhood, are much frequented. Vilna, th
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. LITnUANIA. 2G5 the Narev basin, near the Polish frontier. It does a considerable trade, and is the centre of an extensive woollen industry. On the right bank of the Niémen stands Grodno, capital of the government of like name, a town of mean houses and huts, relieved here and there by some large buildings, palaces, or barracks. It, Fig. 125.—ViLNA : View taken fuom the Snipiski is an historical place, Avhere, after 1675, every third Polish Diet was held. The mineral waters of Drmkeniki, in its neighbourhood, are much frequented. Vilna, the Russian Yilno, the great city of Lithuania, and formerly its capital, lies on the Yiliya, a tributary of the Niémen. From the earliest times it was a sacred place, with the temple of Perkun, the god of thunder, on the site of which Jagello built the cathedral, still the chief edifice of the place. The historic castles famed in Polish song are in ruins, but in the lower town there are several public monuments, churches, palaces, and even a Tatar mosque. Vilna had a population of 100,000 in the sixteenth century, and before the arrival of the 168. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912. New York, D. Appleton and company
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