Wieloetniczny charakter Wilna – miasta rzemieślników, kupców i kramarzy

Abstract

The aim of the article is to show the character of craftsmen’s and tradesmen’s Vilnius. There are papers emphasizing that craftsman fraternities occured in Vilnius in XV th. Century. The first one was Goldsmith fraternity. Craftsman in Vilnius came from different part of Europe, mainly from Germany and Italy, so the community was multideminational and multicultural. Till our time we can find in Vilnius many traces showing their descent, just from the begining of XVI th. century in Vilnius worked Poles, Lithuanians, Russians, Greeks, Germans, Italians. It is worth to enjoy discovering Vilnius as the city of tradesman, visit still existing craftsmen houses. The activity of graftsman in Vilnius is still vivid inliteraturę and art of this region.