Karoliniškes
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Karoliniškės is a microdistrict
and eldership of Vilnius
, Lithuania
. The district was started to be built in 1971.
Karoliniškės covers about 3.7 km² area. There is about 1.015 km² of the slop area along the Neris
River, and about 0.11 km² of a small forest, called Pasakų parkas (park of fairy-tales).
The highest building in Lithuania, the Vilnius TV Tower
, is also situated in this district. Karoliniškės has been the main site of the January Events of 1991.
Microdistrict
Microdistrict, or microraion , is a residential complex—a primary structural element of the residential area construction in the Soviet Union and in some post-Soviet and former Communist states...
and eldership of Vilnius
Vilnius
Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 560,190 as of 2010. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County...
, Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
. The district was started to be built in 1971.
Karoliniškės covers about 3.7 km² area. There is about 1.015 km² of the slop area along the Neris
Neris
Neris is a river rising in Belarus, flowing through Vilnius and becoming a tributary of the Neman River at Kaunas...
River, and about 0.11 km² of a small forest, called Pasakų parkas (park of fairy-tales).
The highest building in Lithuania, the Vilnius TV Tower
Vilnius TV Tower
The Vilnius TV Tower is a tower in the Karoliniškės microdistrict of Vilnius, Lithuania. It is the tallest structure in Lithuania, and is occupied by the SC Lithuanian Radio and Television Centre ....
, is also situated in this district. Karoliniškės has been the main site of the January Events of 1991.
