Tour "Bona Sforza: to love, not to rule"

"We bring a wife to the King not to rule, but to give birth," the nobles would say when choosing brides for him. One can imagine how unpleasantly surprised they were when they realized they had brought Sigismund the Old an Italian bride who believed she was born to rule - first and foremost, men. This tour is an invitation to get to know an educated, charismatic woman who had chickenpox as a child, had a best friend named Sabinela, and a puppy named Baris. Then she grew up and became a ruler: she dyed her eyes with henna, took care of gunpowder, drained swamps, traded in ash, ate meat cakes, and spent 7 years in Vilnius. How did Bona feel in our rain? And in her children's rooms? What did the ruler have in common with a Turkish harem? How did she get along with her Sigismund - who was much older than her? What would her daughters-in-law say about Bona? Her subjects? And is it really true that she was "a woman who escaped the curse of falling in love"?

After this walk, we hope you will choose the place for the comma in the tour title TO LOVE CANNOT RULE yourself.

Tour start: at St. Nicholas Church, Didžioji St. 12.

End: Bona Sforza's Renaissance garden next to the Palace of the Grand Dukes.

Duration: about 1 hour 40 minutes.

Please have your purchased ticket with you. The tour is free for children under 12.

During the event, the tour organizers may film and photograph, and later use the material to promote the event.

Contacts: Vaida +370 604 43032 Agnė +370 682 80981 vilniuscitytours@gmail.com