St. Anne's Church, Vilnius, Lithuania
Interesting facts There is a well-known legend that Emperor Napoleon, after seeing the church during the course of the Franco-Russian War in 1812, expressed a wish to carry the church home with him to Paris 'in the palm of his hand'. In reality, however, he gave it to his cavalry instead. On August 23, 1987 the Lithuanian Freedom League held a rally in a square near the church and the monument of Adam Mickiewicz to protest the ongoing Soviet occupation, which was broken up by the militia. According to Lithuanian architect and art researcher Vladas Drėma, patterns from the Pillars of Gediminas are echoed in the church's façade. The church was featured in popular US reality show The Amazing Race, in Leg 5 of the race.
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Location: Vilnius, Lithuania
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