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Gediminas' Tower is an important state and historic symbol of the city of Vilnius and of Lithuania itself. It was depicted on the former national currency, the [[Lithuanian litas|litas]], and is mentioned in numerous Lithuanian patriotic poems and folk songs. The [[flag of Lithuania]] was re-hoisted atop the tower on 7 October 1988, during the [[Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania|independence restoration]] movement.<ref>{{cite web|title=History of the Lithuanian Flag|publisher=[[Seimas]] of the Republic of Lithuania|url=http://www3.lrs.lt/pls/inter/w5_show?p_r=4056&p_k=2&p_rp=N&p_dr=N&p_d=49324|accessdate=2008-12-05}}</ref>
A reconstruction of the [[Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania|Royal Palace of Lithuania]] was completed in 2009, and is located near the base of the hill upon which the tower stands.
==Legend==
[[File:Gediminas Tower in Vilnius (cropped).jpg|thumb|Gediminas' Tower]] [[File:Gediminas Tower before reconstruction.jpg|thumb|Gediminas' Tower before it was rebuilt in the 1930s]]
Long ago, the Lithuanian Grand Duke [[Gediminas]] was hunting in the woods of [[Šventaragis Valley]]. The hunt was successful, and Duke Gediminas brought down a wild bull on a hilltop; but he grew weary in his limbs, and so the duke retired and spent the night there. Now Gediminas had a dream that, up on top of the same hill where he had been hunting that day, stood a great wolf made of iron, and it was howling as loudly as if it were a hundred wolves.
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