Columns of Gediminas

Columns of Gediminas
Gediminids' Pillars
ArmigerGrand Duchy of Lithuania,
Republic of Lithuania,
Sąjūdis
AdoptedIt is certain that since 1397, the Gediminids' Pillars were Vytautas the Great's coat of arms.

The Columns of Gediminas or Pillars of Gediminas (Lithuanian: Gediminaičių stulpai, lit.'Pillars of the Gediminids'; Belarusian: Калюмны, romanizedKaliumny, 'Columns') are one of the earliest symbols of Lithuania and its historical coats of arms.[1] They were used in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, initially as a rulers' personal insignia, a state symbol, and later as a part of heraldic signs of leading aristocracy.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Columns of the Gediminids". Seimas. Retrieved 4 June 2021.