House of God

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This church used to send out peoples prayers, now it sends and receives radio signals. One of the must see’s of Vilnius.

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Snaking inside it are hundreds of meters of wires,originating in an array of buzzing high-tech boxes cramped up inside the tower and protruding outside in the form of antennae.

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The place has this cool cyber-gothic feel to it.

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Besides the communication equipment the interior is barren. In soviet era the church was converted into a warehouse. After the independence it was given back to the religious institution, but was never used according to it s purpose.

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To me the late baroque architecture here is beautiful. Though I feel thankful for being able to explore this building so intimately, but its a shame to see it crumbling before my eyes.

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