Gate of Dawn in Vilnius

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Catholic pilgrimage site city gate cultural heritage monument religious landmark

The Gate of Dawn in Vilnius is a historic city gate and important Catholic pilgrimage site famed for its revered icon of the Virgin Mary, considered one of Lithuania’s most significant religious and cultural symbols.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Gate of Dawn in Vilnius canonical	1
Gate of Dawn, Vilnius	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic pilgrimage site ⓘ city gate ⓘ cultural heritage monument ⓘ religious landmark ⓘ
associatedWithDevotion	Divine Mercy devotion (through Vilnius context) ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Feast of Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn ⓘ
builtInCentury	16th century ⓘ
constructionStarted	early 16th century ⓘ
country	Lithuania ⓘ
currentFunction	religious shrine ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Virgin Mary ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Aušros Vartai ⓘ Gate of the Dawn ⓘ Ostra Brama ⓘ Sharp Gate ⓘ
hasChapel	Chapel of the Gate of Dawn ⓘ
hasIcon	Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn ⓘ
hasIconType	Hodegetria-type Marian icon ⓘ
hasInscriptionLanguage	Latin ⓘ Lithuanian ⓘ Polish ⓘ
hasMaterial	masonry ⓘ
hasProtectionStatus	protected cultural monument of Lithuania ⓘ
hasReligiousAffiliation	Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ surface form: Eastern Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Orthodox Church Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
hasStyle	Baroque (chapel) ⓘ Renaissance (original gate structure) ⓘ
hasViewOver	Vilnius Historic Centre ⓘ surface form: Old Town of Vilnius
heritageStatus	part of Vilnius Historic Centre UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
iconVeneratedBy	Belarusians ⓘ Lithuanians ⓘ Poles ⓘ
isFamousFor	Baroque chapel ⓘ Marian devotions ⓘ miraculous icon of the Virgin Mary ⓘ pilgrimages ⓘ
locatedIn	Lithuania ⓘ Vilnius Historic Centre ⓘ surface form: Old Town of Vilnius Vilnius ⓘ
locatedOn	Aušros Vartų Street ⓘ
near	Basilica of St. Teresa of Avila, Vilnius ⓘ Vilnius railway station ⓘ
originalFunction	defensive city gate ⓘ
partOf	Vilnius Castle Complex ⓘ surface form: Vilnius city walls
pilgrimageType	Marian pilgrimage ⓘ
significance	major Marian shrine in Eastern Europe ⓘ one of the most important religious sites in Lithuania ⓘ symbol of Lithuanian Catholic identity ⓘ symbol of Vilnius ⓘ
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Operation Ostra Brama → codenameMeaning → Gate of Dawn in Vilnius ⓘ

Operation Ostra Brama → relatedPlace → Gate of Dawn in Vilnius ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gate of Dawn, Vilnius