Plan miast Wilna [Lithuania]

Plan of Vilna published in 1921, a few months after the so-called Mutiny of Żeligowski, which led to the annexation of Vilna by Poland. The plan is published in Polish, since the use of the Lithuanian language was then prohibited in public spaces. The plan comes folded in a booklet, a list of the new names used under the Polish administration and the old Russian names; there also appears a list of 133 points of interest and a table to locate them. Dozens of churches are listed, together with barely a couple of synagogues (including the famous Choral Synagogue), when the so-called Jerusalem of the North had at that time a hundred Jewish temples and the Jewish community represented around 50% of the city. The title is illustrated with a representation of Saint Christopher, patron saint of the city. This plan was updated regularly at least until the 1940s. It was drawn by Stanisław Januszewicz.