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[[Image:2010 04 20Antakalnis2.JPG|thumb|left|Antakalnis as seen from [[Žirmūnai]]]]
 
'''Antakalnis''' ({{lang-lt|'the place on hills'}}, {{lang-pl|Antokol}}<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Stravinskienė |first1=Vitalija |title=The Territorial expansion of Vilnius: plans and their realisation (1916-1940) |journal=Lithuanian Historical Studies |date=20162015 |volume=20 |pagepages=131, 133 |publisher=[[Lithuanian Institute of History]] |issn=1392-2343}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Encyclopædia Britannica: A New Survey of Universal Knowledge. Vol. 23 |date=1964 |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. |page=166 |url=https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=ie_kAAAAMAAJ&dq=antokol+britanica&q=antokol&redir_esc=y |chapter=Vilnius}}</ref>) is an [[Elderships of Lithuania|eldership]] in the [[Vilnius city municipality]], [[Lithuania]]. Antakalnis is one of the oldest historical suburbs of [[Vilnius]] City. It is located in the eastern section of Vilnius, along the left bank of the [[Neris]] River, with the river running along the whole western side of the district.<ref>{{lt icon}} [http://www.antakalnis.lt/index.php?t=info&s=apie "Vilniaus mikrorajonas Antakalnis"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150901000049/http://www.antakalnis.lt/index.php?t=info&s=apie |date=2015-09-01 }} Antakalnis eldership official website. Retrieved 25 September 2013.</ref> The Antakalnis eldership is the second largest in Vilnius, with an area of 77.2&nbsp;km².
 
One of the greatest [[Lithuania]]n [[Baroque]] [[masterpiece]]s, the [[Roman Catholic]] [[St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Vilnius|Church of St. Peter and St. Paul]], is situated in Antakalnis, as is [[Sapieha Palace in Vilnius|Sapieha Palace]] (''Sapiegų rūmai''). Sapieha Palace is surrounded by the only surviving Baroque-style park in Lithuania, which contains the oldest [[Tilia cordata|linden tree]] in Vilnius.