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Gate of Dawn
Gate of Dawn (, , ) was built between 1503 and 1522 as a part of defensive fortifications for the city of Vilnius, the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The name-sake for the gate was the borough of Ostry Koniec to which the gate initially led.
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