A church may have been ordered here by King Mindaugas in 1251, though the article says this is only postulated. Construction of a second Gothic cathedral began in 1387, and it burned in 1419. Vytautas built a larger Gothic cathedral with three naves and four corner towers before a planned coronation in 1429 that never took place. A bell tower was built on the Lower Castle tower in 1522.
Laurynas Gucevičius designed the current Neoclassical structure, rebuilt from 1779 to 1783 after the southern tower collapsed in 1769. The infobox gives 1783 as completion, while the text says the interior was completed in 1801. The Chapel of St Casimir was built from 1623 to 1636 in the Baroque style, designed by Costante Tencalla, of Swedish sandstone.
In the Soviet period the cathedral was a warehouse. Masses resumed in 1988, and cathedral status was restored in 1989. The article gives no dimensions or visiting hours.
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