The monument to Jozef Montwiłł in Vilnius, is located near the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary at 4a Pranciškonų Street. Józef Montwiłł was a Polish landowner, social activist and philanthropist. In the 1880s he began working as director of the Land Bank in Vilnius. From 1893 to 1905 he was a councillor of the Vilnius city council. He was active in charitable work for the local population, founded, among others, the "Biruta" Weaving School in Szaty and the "Lutnia" Art Society, participated in the establishment of the Vilnius Agricultural Society, the Society of the Friends of Science, the Society of the Museum of Science and Art, the Society for the Care of Girls, the Society for the Care of Children and the Society for the Arrangement of Housing, was chairman of the Municipal Board of Care for the Poor and the Supervisory Board of the Polish Society "Oświata".

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