Literatų Street always attracts a great deal of interest from Lithuanian and foreign tourists, so it is undoubtedly one of the most visited places in Vilnius Old Town. The street is believed to have got its name only in honour of the writer Adam Mickiewicz, who lived at the start of the street in the first half of the 19th century. This is also attested by three plaques on the wall of the house, with inscriptions in Lithuanian, Russian and Polish. In 2008 a group of artists came up with the idea of reviving the street and decorating it with works of art connected with writers. A wall was ceremonially unveiled in the street, and over two years painters and other artists created small plaques of metal, wood, glass and other materials, as well as other small objects, which still decorate Literatų Street today. Literatų Street is also home to the Modern Art Centre (Literatų g. 8). In late 18th-century documents, Literatų Street is called St Michael's Lane. In the mid-19th century a new name appears – Pokrov Street, linked to the Pokrov Orthodox church that once stood at the end of the street in the 14th–16th centuries (now the building of the Ministry of Education). The street got its present name only at the beginning of the 20th century because of the printing houses and small bookshops that were here. Another version of the origin of the name is connected with Adam Mickiewicz. In this street he rented a flat in the attic of a four-storey house. The poet stayed there during the events of 1823, when the Philomaths were being arrested in Vilnius, until he was arrested in October and taken to prison in the Basilian monastery.