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Main facade of the Palace, view from Daukanto Square

Visitors on guided tours enter the Palace through the entrance on the left risalita ledge. Built in the 19th century in the style of Neoclassicism, this two-storied Palace, together with the administrative building on Universiteto Street, the park and the Conference Hall, forms a uniform enclosed architectural ensemble in the Old Town of Vilnius.

Flag and Coat of Arms

The flag and the coat of arms of the President of the Republic of Lithuania on the attic of the central risalite ledge of the Palace. The flag is flown at full mast when the President is in the Palace and in Vilnius.

Palace Courtyard and Park

Official receptions hosted by the President of the Republic of Lithuania on the occassion of the State Day - Day the Coronation of King Mindaugas - are held in the courtyard and park of the Presidential Palace. A surviving fragment of the Vilnius defence wall has been uncovered at the back part of the wall fencing in the park.

Ceremonial Staircase

The red-carpeted staircase decorated with gilt handrails and window railings leads from the courtyard to the main halls, laid out in enfilade on the second floor of the Palace.

The Hall of Maps

This room features a neoclassical furniture set (early 20th c., mahogany veneer), with facsimiles of the maps of the Lithuanian state from the cartography collection of the Science Library of Vilnius University and the Allegoric Composition (oil on canvas) by Frans van Mieris the Younger (1689-1763) on the walls.

The Hall of Delegations

The room is used as a lounge by official delegations. It features lithographs from The Vilnius Album compiled by Jonas Kazimieras Vilčinskis between 1848 and 1850: Grand Courtyard of Vilnius University. Vilnius. Suburb of Šnipiškės; Dining Hall in Verkiai Palace; Tombstone of Sigismund I and Sigismund Augustus in Cracow Cathedral.

The White Hall

The main hall of the Palace, used for the presentation of letters of credence and awards and meetings of the public with the President. White furniture with gilt ornaments is a replica of original furniture. The Liberty Statue in the central niche is a gypsum model of the original sculpture by sculptor Juozas Zikaras (1881-1944) displayed at the War Museum of Vytautas the Great in Kaunas.

The Negotiations Hall

The Negotiations Hall is used for meetings and negotiations of official delegations. The authentic caisson ceiling from the Bishops' Palace period is one of the most beautiful and ornate fragments of the present Palace architecture. The walls are decorated with maps of the Old Vilnius and drawings of architectural monuments and their reconstructed versions, mirrored in the views opening up out of the windows of the hall: Map of the City of Vilnius, Tower of the Gediminas Castle, Subačius City Gates and Town Hall, Reconstruction of the Lower Castle (1894-1923, paper, ink, watercolour).

The Blue Hall

Named after the colour of its walls, this room is used for tête-á-tête meetings of the President. Its has two surviving authentic Swedish-style fireplaces from the early 19th century and features a copy of the furniture set which belonged to Jurgis Baltrušaitis, a Lithuanian poet and diplomat that used to decorate the Lithuanian Embassy in Moscow in the inter-war period.

The Green Hall

The room features antique mirrors (Empire style, early 19th c.); a glass vase made by the Imperial Glass Factory (2nd half of the 19th c., Russia); a clock featuring Apollo (gilt bronze, 1st half of the 19th c.); a pair of candelabra featuring figures of goddesses (guilt bronze, 1st half of the 19th c.)

The Waiting Room

The room features a furniture set (Russian Empire style, late 19th c., school of Saint Petersburg), a copy of the 19th century Palace furniture made on the basis of photographic material. The room is decorated with The Seascape (oil on canvas, late 19th c. - early 20th c.) and facsimiles of lithographs from The Vilnius Album by Jonas Kazimieras Vilčinskis.

Office of the President's Secretaries

A fragment of the ornamental painted frieze of the Bishops' Palace was uncovered at the height of two metres on one of the walls in this room and after restoration is now displayed framed by a moulding.

The Meeting Hall

In this room the President holds meetings with advisors and receives members of the Seimas, the Government and representatives of public and non-governmental organisations. The room is decorated with portraits of the Lithuanian presidents: Antanas Smetona, 1919-1920, 1926-1940 (artist Jonas Janulis, 1926), Kazys Grinius, 1926 (artist K. Buivydas), Aleksandras Stulginskis, 1920-1926 (artist Petras Kalpokas, 1925), Algirdas Brazauskas, 1993-1998 (artist Saulius Čižikas, 1998), and Valdas Adamkus (artist Saulius Čižikas, 2004).

The Executive Office of the President

This is the office of the President where she works and receives small delegations. It is also used for TV broadcasts of the President's addresses and holiday greetings to the nation. Behind the desk of the President are the national flag, the flag of the President and the coat of arms of Lithuania. The desk faces the fireplace installed in the opposite wall. The painting of Vytautas the Great (copy, oil on canvas, unknown artist of the 17th century) is displayed above the fireplace, with antiquities featured on its mantelpiece: a clock (guilt bronze, marble, the 2nd half of the 19th c.) and a pair of ancient Greek crater-shaped vases (guilt bronze, 1st quarter of the 19th c.)