The Church of St. Anne and the adjacent Bernardine monastery in Vilnius date to the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, with the Gothic brick church long attributed — almost certainly apocryphally — to the admiration of Napoleon, who reportedly wished he could carry it back to Paris in his palm during the 1812 campaign. Niue's numismatic program has functioned for decades as a licensing vehicle for commemorative silver, with the Pacific island nation holding no geographic or historical connection to the subjects it issues.
The Church of St. Anne and the adjacent Bernardine monastery in Vilnius date to the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, with the Gothic brick church long attributed — almost certainly apocryphally — to the admiration of Napoleon, who reportedly wished he could carry it back to Paris in his palm during the 1812 campaign. Niue's numismatic program has functioned for decades as a licensing vehicle for commemorative silver, with the Pacific island nation holding no geographic or historical connection to the subjects it issues.