In Vilnius there is a road connecting Vilnius castle with Poland and Russia, which later turned into the street. At the moment the Palace street is the oldest and most elegant street of the Old town of Vilnius. Side of the street, which it crossed, there were small roads connected to the main path.

A long time ago Vilnius street was the main street that connected the Grand-Ducal castle with the town hall and the city gates. The street goes from Pyatnitskaya Church in the street Didzioji street. Palace is surrounded by beautiful and picturesque courtyards with dark alleyways, and on either side of her depart Vilnius lanes: Svante mikolo, Scapo, Literate and Bernardo. The street's appearance can be described as motley with a harmonious combination of various historical styles, from Baroque and Gothic to eclecticism with a minimum number of buildings from the second half of the 20th century.

The name of the street is first mentioned in historical sources in 1530. This street was the main for the passage of the kings, envoys of different countries and papal delegates. Street piles abundant in various homes of the wealthy parishioners and nobles. Far from the streets of the great quarter was the Vilnius University, where University professors. In the late 18th century, in one of which was located near the yards was founded beautiful Botanical garden of Vilnius University. In addition, the street pelesa committed Church procession procession. In the broad place of the street was noisy bazaars that still called a Big market near the town hall and Fish market at Pyatnitskaya Church.

Often on the street pelesa held celebrations in honor of the holidays. For example, in March pelesa, and other adjacent alleys, takes a big fair of Kasuka. At this time the traffic on the street is strictly limited. On holidays and just weekends on the street for street musicians, so uplifting for all citizens and tourists in the warmer months.

As for the attractions of the street, these include situated on the corner of a three-storey administrative building on the right side of the end of the 19th century. Its main facade it goes out Santaroga; it is a Ministry of internal Affairs of Lithuania.

Three storey house situated on the corner of Palace street, bears the features of late classicism, especially in the symmetry of its facade. Pilasters between floors beautifully finished composite capitals. Stone-built house stood on this site since the beginning of the 17th century. In 1748 the house there was a fire and the building was built again, but in 1800 it was added a third floor. Since 1837, the house had the archive and the office of the Vilnius Catholic Church. At a later time, there lived the Archbishop Mecislovas Reinis, Bishop Jurgis Matulaitis, but at the moment there is the Catholic Academy of Sciences of Latvia. In the first half of the 19th century the first floor was cleared of the famous Vilna knightdale Joseph Zavadsky was working at his bookstore. In Soviet times on this floor were particularly popular at the time "Pancake", today known as cafe, which appeared here in 1828.

Located on the street house number 10, which now takes its place as the hotel has two memorial plaques, one of which is written the line in Ukrainian and Russian languages, in the memory of the poet Taras Shevchenko, who lived here from 1829 to 1830. The second inscription and bas-relief dedicated to the memory of singer Antanas Labanauskas, who was a true professional on the Lithuanian stage. He lived in this house from 1946 to 1987. It is assumed that this house was built in the late 16th century.

The house opposite is known through the engineer, historian and architect Theodor Narbutt. The upper part of the facade is beautifully decorated with friezes metope and triglyphs with rosettes. The whole house is decorated with floral motifs of the second floor Windows.

On one of the seats from the Literatu street to Pyatnitskaya Church is the house No. 40 – a monument of architecture of the 18th century. The house was acquired by spouses Jurgis Lapelis and Mary Shapeline who actively promoted the Lithuanian language, holding in the contents of a bookstore. Now the building has a sign with their names, and since 1994 there found a Museum dedicated to them.