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Working hours at the old Vilnius University

LITHUANIA, 17 – 20 September 2010, the event was organized by the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics at the Old Vilnius University campus known since 1579, an interesting historical place, where the participants of meeting were not only working but had possibilities to explore the University courtyards, to visit the Church of Sts. John and the historical University campus halls, one of the oldest of academic Libraries in Europe. Preliminary studies on “ADOPT YOUR HERITAGE” booklet materials: a scope, language, and illustrations were made as well as a training curriculum that will be followed by the educational staff about cultural heritage. Guided tours of visiting Vilnius Historic Centre (one of the items included into the list of Cultural Heritage) and Trakai – the historical capital of Lithuania, a small town known as the “town of lakes”.  It has a unique castle of the early 15 c. Now the Castle Museum situated on an island in the middle of a lake, and on the shore. It is a beloved touristic place related with cultural heritage and having traces of very small Karaim’ minority in Lithuania settled here from early times and still keeping its traditions, national food and customs.