Street Gono is one of the oldest streets located in the Old town of Vilnius. This street was named after a popular religious thinker, scholar, interpreter of the Torah and Talmud Eliyahu Ben Zalman, called the Vilna Gaon, who lived in the 18th century.

The earliest mention of the Vilnius Jews belong to the 16th century, but some sources say that they appeared in the 14th century. Lithuanian Duke Gediminas asked them to come to Lithuania, promising to grant them privileges, because then the Principality is badly needed in the merchants, financiers, craftsmen. Jews settled in Vilnius from Hansa and settled in the Jewish ghetto, which was enclosed by streets of the Old town. But the Jews soon spread throughout the city, having been engaged in trade, construction of houses and schools. The streets of the Jewish district have had some interesting architecture on the streets, there is a cross arches, giving a unique feature of the streets.

Before the onset of the First world war, the street was called a Jew, and during the quiet time between the world wars street was called Gaon, in the times of Soviet power – Stickly. The numbering of the houses on the street starts at the square of K. Sirvydas, as well as the intersection with the Dominikonų and Universiteta.

Street Gono is one of the oldest streets, located on the border of the Jewish quarter. On the street there are one-, two - and three-storey houses of the old buildings with courtyards and skylights. Home street repeatedly had to be restored and rebuilt, but we can say that in the main they remained without any critical alterations to the 19th century. Roadway is a laid rows of granite blocks.

On the right the West side of the street is a three-storey Palace family Gorecki facing the street side facade, decorated with a small oval tower, which acts as a buttress; during the war she was used as a defense. The building was built in the style of early classicism, features of which have survived to the present time. Today corner tower serves as the entrance to the gallery. The lower floor of this building is occupied by a clothing store Dabita.

The house next door will be allocated for the Shoe store, on which hangs a map with the plan of the Vilnius ghetto, and a plaque that shows the place where in 1941, the gates were "Small ghetto". This house was in the possession of the Vilna post office. Some of the buildings on the street Gone already occupied expensive hotel hotels and restaurants.

On the left side of the Eastern part of the street is a square in K. Sirvydas, which was built on the waste land, formed by the strongest after the devastating bombings during the war in 1944.

Just outside the Park (on the street Didzioji street) is a street Swarco. The house, standing on this street formerly belonged to the Cathedral Chapter; it is a dormitory for students. During the Second world war this place was the border of the Small ghetto. The building is a two-storey house is covered with tile. It belonged to a family by the name of Klyachko and 1861-1941, the building was a Jewish prayer house. Now in this house after restoration and construction work carried out in 2000 on the funds allocated by Austria, is located the Embassy of the Republic of Austria in Lithuania.

Close to the red building, which previously belonged to the family Podberesky. The house belongs to the number of objects protected by the state as an object of cultural and historical heritage. The building has undergone a considerable number of alterations and repairs, which lasted for 16-19 centuries. In addition, the house was rebuilt from the three-storey building in two and, finally, was the final image is reconstructed from 2004 to 2008. Downstairs is a shop amber jewelry at number 10, and from the courtyard can be accessed through Vilna "the gates" in a sewing Atelier.