Lukiškės Square

A major street in Vilnius, Gediminas Avenue, passes by the southern border of the square.

The wooden Lukiškės mosque of the Lithuanian Tatars and their graveyard were prominent features of the suburb.

After the January Uprising in 1863, Lukiškės Square was one of the areas where public executions of insurgents took place.

Among the victims killed there was the chief commander of the Union of Lithuanian Freedom Fighters, Adolfas Ramanauskas "Vanagas".

The gathered crowd celebrated the fall of the statue; its upper part was lifted using a crane, and broke off at the lower legs attached to the pedestal.