One of the attractions of Vilnius are Three of the cross is a monument that represents three of the white cross, staring at the sky. This monument is located in the top of the hill in the Park Went also carries symbolic and religious symbol of Vilnius. The peak, located in the Park, is called Trehkletevoy mountains, and earlier it was known as the Curve or Bald mountain. The mountain is located on the right Bank of the Vilnia.

As you know, Lithuania longer than other European countries remained in the shadows of paganism. The religion of Lithuania of that time resembled the Scandinavian cult Aesir with only small differences in the Pantheon of the gods. The official date of adoption of Christianity in this country is considered 1387 year, because this year the Prince of the Grand Principality of Jagiello, and the heir of the gediminid dynasty Prince Vytautas decided to christen the country on the customs and traditions of the Roman Catholic Church.

Attempts to convert the pagans to the true faith previously addressed in failure, because the missionaries are always executed. In the late 17th century it was recorded a legend saying that in the absence of Prince Olgerd and magistrates Hashtoldom due to the war, wilenska the pagans attacked the Franciscan monks who lived in his house Hastold at the request of the wife of a Christian. Seven people were executed directly on the market, and seven others managed to escape. Runaway monks were found on the banks of the river Vilence – and there they were thrown off of mount Baldy in the river. Some narrations tell us that the monks first tied and then nailed to crosses, then dropped to Vilence. Another giving narrated: four monks have been dumped in the river, the remaining three were executed on crosses and left them on Bald mountain.

River hill in the 13th century towered castle Curve, but in 1390 it was burned by the crusaders, and after that he never recovered. On this very spot previously occupied by the castle, in memory of a painful death Franciscan monks were erected three wooden cross. In 1740 they were replaced by new ones because the former. In 1869 crosses collapsed, but authorities have not given permission to resume them.

In 1916 ( during world war) Vilnius was captured by the Germans and then, on the initiative of Kazimierz Mikhalkevich, collected money for the construction of the monument, only from a more durable material. Considerable difficulty was to deliver to hard-to-reach and high hill of necessary construction materials, which could only bring on hand. The work took two months. The crosses were erected on the draft Anthony Vivulskio. Secret from the German authorities the crosses were lit by the priest Kazimierz. But as soon as the war ended, the Soviet authorities ordered to blow up the Three crosses; the same fate awaited other numerous religious monuments, which after the destruction were simply buried or parts were exported.

After these events the people's hopes faded, and after the campaign in 1989, the monument of the Three crosses was restored. The signatures were collected, and turn to the authorities, to whom the government just couldn't resist. Thus, a day of Sorrow and Hope, namely, 14 June 1989, religious monument of the Three crosses was restored. On the restoration of the monument took two weeks of work. New monument carried a feature tribute and remembrance to all victims of Stalinism, because it is a day of Sorrow and Hope the authorities marked the beginning of Stalin's links.

The monument of the Three crosses was designed by architect Henrikas of Shilings, and direct the work took sculptor Stanislovas Kuzma. New monument accurately reproduces a previous construction project Anthony Vivulskio, but ha1, 8 meters above the former and lighter colored with white paint. The monument was consecrated by cardinal Vincentas Sladkevicius. Still I crosses lie the remains of the blown up long ago crosses that serves as a reminder of the tragic events of the history of this country, as well as a warning for future generations.