Jakšto Street
Jakšto Street () is a short street in the central part of Vilnius, named after the Lithuanian Catholic theologist and philosopher . It is some 350 metres long and leads from the principal Gediminas Avenue towards the Neris, Neris river, sloping by some 7 metres towards the north. The street is flanked by buildings built between the 1890s and the 2000s. Throughout its history and according to political preferences of Vilnius authorities, it was named Старый Переулок (Old Backyard), Улица Херсонская (Kherson Street), Krähenstraße (Crow Street), ulica Dąbrowskiego (Dąbrowski Street), Dambrausko-Jakšto gatvė (Dambrauskas-Jakštas Street), Komunarų gatvė (Communards Street) and Jakšto gatvė (Jakštas Street). Two houses which merit attention are the Historicism (art), historicist building designed by in the 1890s and the Functionalism (architecture), functionalist building by Jerzy Sołtan, constructed in the 1930s. The street featured prominent ...
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