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The design of the sculpture by Giediminas Piekurs (L) will depict King Zygmunt II August and Barbara Radziwiłłówna (R) reunited in death. Photos: Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences Facebook page; Jan Matejko’s 1867 oil-on-canvas painting, Wikimedia Commons.

Vilnius to honor ill-fated royal romance of Poland and Lithuania’s ‘Romeo & Juliet’

A sculptural tribute to one of Poland and Lithuania’s most dramatic and ill-fated royal romances is soon to grace the courtyard of the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences.