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History

Coat of Arms and Legend

The city’s coat-of arms represent St. Christopher wading through water and carrying the baby Jesus on his shoulders. The city was conferred the coat-of-arms in 1330.
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Governing of Vilnius

In the 14th c. Vilnius was the first city in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania to receive the charter of “Magdeburg Rights”.
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