Teatro Aikštė (Theatre Square)

Teatro Aikštė (Theatre Square) is the port city’s main cultural hub and the location of most of its public events. It is here that travellers, accompanied by an experienced guide, make a lengthier stop to learn about the Theatre’s history and how the Square acquired its current shape. Not long ago this place was a swampy quagmire, and only in the XIX century – after the better part of the castle’s defensive moats were filled in with soil – that a coherent space was formed, soon becoming populated with its first public buildings.