(lit. Dawn Gate.) - a three-storey building of the Renaissance, one of the major attractions in Vilnius. These are the only surviving of the 10 gates of the stone fortress wall, which once surrounded Vilnius. The second title of the structure -. Medininskie gate

They were built in the middle of the XVI century . and opened the way to the village in the direction of Medininkai major trade route in the region . facade gate decorated with griffins, symbols of state power of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the location of the under the belfry frieze inscribed «Mater Misercordia» ( «Mother grieving") . in the XVII century the Carmelite monks built on top of the gate of Dawn chapel . Today it holds the miraculous icon of the Mother of God by an unknown artist of the early XVII century . , also called May the Vilnius Madonna . It is highly revered in the Catholic world icon, a list of which stores, for example, in the Basilica of St. Peter's in Rome and the Church of St. Severin in Paris .