Lithuania

Lithuania, officially theRepublic of Lithuania, is a country inNorthern Europe.One of the threeBaltic states, it is situated along the southeastern shore of theBaltic Sea, to the east ofSwedenandDenmark.The official language,Lithuanian, along withLatvian, is one of only two living languages in theBaltic branchof theIndo-Europeanlanguage family.Its capital, Vilnius, near the Belarus border, is known for its medieval Old Town. It also has Gothic, Renaissance and baroque architecture, and 18th-century cathedral built on a pagan temple site.