The hermit beetle or Russian leather beetle is one of the rarest bee- Portraits of artists, writers, musicians, cultural figures, and their houses ...Or Arvydas Sabonis! After all, the most famous Lithuanian basketball tles in Europe. And you can find larger numbers of it in Ąžuolynas! are another, perhaps an even more varied way to get to know Žaliakal- player of all time is inseparable from Kaunas Sports Hall, and Sabonis’ We decided to dedicate the nature lovers’ route in Žaliakalnis to it, nis. You can spend several hours at many stops of this route. house is right next to it. However, pilot Steponas Darius brought many other sports from the United States that found their place in Lithuania. essentially, in Ąžuolynas, which is divided by street network today. Let’s jog around Žaliakalis together with one of the two pilots of Litu- ŽALIAKALNIS So, first, let‘s talk about what we call Ąžuolynas today. 19 KIPRAS PETRAUKAS (1885–1968) 30 JUSTINAS VIENOŽINSKIS AND MIKAS PETRAUSKAS (1886–1960) anica. And look around - there are so many athletes! (1873–1837) A. Mackevičiaus g. 27 K. Petrausko g. 31 KAUNAS SPORTS HALL 1 OAK GROVE (ĄŽUOLYNAS) 5 THE SMALL OAK GROVE In 1921, this artist had organized the Advanced drawing 39 42 NATIONAL FOOTBALL (MAŽASIS ĄŽUOLYNAS) The fact that after a performance the opera singer courses at the People’s House, which paved a way for the Perkūno al. 5 ACADEMY One of the largest oak parks, located in the terri- rushed home located on the street named after him says establishment of Kaunas Art School. Later he headed art Aukštaičių g. 51 tory of the city, in Europe (more than 700 trees) is It was in this arena, which emerged in a record time - The array of trees that you see when ascending Parodos almost everything you need to know about the popula- commission of M. K. Čiurlionis Gallery and contributed to half a year - (when many famous architects refused to much smaller now than it was before when Kaunas This is where the eyes turn when we talk about the fu- Hill, on the left, is the small Ąžuolynas, where the agri- rity of Kipras Petrauskas in the interwar period Kaunas. the establishment of Kaunas Art Museum. The Faculty of design it due to the shortage of time, it was finally cre- ture of Lithuanian football. In addition to talents being did not exist. Kaunas oak groves once merged with cultural and industrial exhibitions took place during the But there is more, of course. You can learn more about Arts of Kaunas College is named after one of the found- ated by engineer Anatolijus Rozenbliumas) that the most fostered here, city’s professional and amateur teams play Karmėlava, Rumšiškės, and even Kaišiadorys forests. interwar period (that is why it is called “Parodos”, which the colorful and talented theatre and music personali- ers of the Lithuanian Artists’ Association and we invite important basketball victories of the First Republic and here as well. A league matches also take place in the sta- The deforestation intensified in the 14th century, means exhibition in Lithuanian). During the years of the ties of the time, including Kipras’ older brother Mikas, you to visit it if you want to know more about the former during the Soviet occupation were achieved. That is also dium, so the spotlights are rarely turned off. Vytautas after all, the castles and ships needed to be built. A Soviet occupation, large youth dance parties took place at the branch of the Kaunas City Museum operating in Kaunas Art School. where the massive love for journalist, host of the show Narutis’ sculptural composition Celebration on the edge hundred years ago, Ąžuolynas and the surrounding here, with all the Kaunas residents present, and later a their home. In the World of Basketball, Vidas Mačiulis was born. Cur- of the stadium, in Petras Vileišis Square, reminds us of district became a prestigious place to be, get settled, library emerged in the park. Next to it, Kaunas Cham- rently it is under reconstruction. the first Lithuanian song festival organized here in 1924 and create. And a little earlier, several objects of Kau- ber of Commerce, Industry, and Crafts established the 31 ANTANAS SAMUOLIS- nas Fortress appeared here. Business Alley. 20 VINCAS KRĖVĖ- SAMULEVIČIUS (1899–1972) MICKEVIČIUS (1882–1954) RAIMUNDAS SAMULEVIČIUS 40 S. DARIUS AND S. GIRĖNAS Vydūno al. 47 STADIUM 43 LITHUANIAN SPORTS 2 THE VALLEY OF SONGS 6 LITHUANIAN ZOO (1937–1981) (DAINŲ SLĖNIS) Radvilėnų pl. 21 The memorial apartment of Lithuania’s universal classi- STASĖ SAMULEVIČIENĖ Perkūno al. 5 UNIVERSITY cal writer is in the capital, but he did spend a significant Sporto g. 6 Tadas Ivanauskas, the Lithuanian Indiana Jones, foun- (1906–1988) When the renovation is completed, Kaunas will be proud The first Lithuanian song festival took place at part of his life in Kaunas, where he taught at the univer- Vaisių g. 16 ir 16A of the stadium of the highest - fourth - UEFA category. ded a zoo and a natural history museum as well as pro- sity, did other jobs, and wrote. It is likely, that his novella We will not even attempt to count how many Lithuanian the other end of Žaliakalnis, in the current Petras vided these two symbols of Kaunas with residents. Some- The historic stadium was opened in 1925 in the marshy champions and their coaches graduated from this his- Raganius (He-witch) was born precisely in this wooden Anatanas Samuolis’ work White Apple Tree can be area of Ąžuolynas. Soon after that it was reconstructed Vileišis Square. It was the quarter, where the State times we joke that Lithuanian Zoo (established in 1938) is toric university, that operates in the Palace of Physical House was supposed to emerge. However, people house. You can find more traces of Vincas Krėvė - who seen at the National Gallery of Art in Vilnius. That ap- and in 1936 the first game between Lithuanian and Es- the place where most of the world’s languages are spoken eventually moved to the US - in the Old Town and Dai- ple tree that inspired the well-known painting, grew in Culture designed by Vytautas Landsbergis-Žemkalnis of culture did not think it suitable for dances and tonian football teams was played here, which Lithuania in 1934. Institute, academy, university - the names are during Christmas Eve. Only a monument to a vulture at nava, and Vytautas Magnus University has a classroom Žaliakalnis, on Vaisių Street, near the Synagogue. Later, songs sung by thousands, thus a picturesque valley won 2-0. In 1938 the first National Olympiad took place changing, but it does not affect the achievements of the the entrance to the zoo is silent. Of course, there is plenty this is where the folk artist and maker of the legend- here. Among the most impressive events held in the was found on the edge of Ąžuolynas. It was named to do on all the other days too - the number of events named after him. graduates. by composer and conductor Klemensas Griauzdė. ary fluffies and her son, the playwright Raimundas stadium were the World Lithuanian Games, the World for both the children and the accompanying adults is Samulevičius, lived. The playwright was often visited by Lithuanian Song and Dance Festival, the Baltic Sea growing. 21 PETRAS GALAUNĖ (1890–1988) the underground elite. Countries’ Sports Games, European Athletics Champion- AND ADELĖ NEZABITAUSKAITĖ- ships, the reception of Pope John Paul II, the European 44 FITNIE ACADEMY 3 ADOMAS MICKEVIČIUS U-19 Football Championship, our national team’s match- Sporto g. 3 VALLEY 7 HILL OF OWLS GALAUNIENĖ (APIE 1895–1962) es with French and Spanish teams, FBK Kaunas matches A. Mackevičiaus g. Vydūno al. 2 32 BALYS SRUOGA (1896–1947) B. Sruogos g. 21 with Glasgow Rangers. The most picturesque sports club in Kaunas? Most defi- nitely! It would be hard to find a better wallpaper than Right here, in Ąžuolynas, you can find the valley The most romantic hill, which allows you to see the pre- Galaunė family home - that is how a subtle building near In 1938, architect Vladimiras Zubovas designed a house the view of the old Ąžuolynas. Next to the sports club you of Girstupis stream that Adomas Mickevičius, who viously unseen faces of the city, was once called the Oak Mikas and Kipras Petrauskai home was called back in the for the writer on Ramioji Street. A decade after B. can find a beauty parlor, SPA center, healthy food lunch- had worked as a teacher in Kaunas for several years Hill. A new - and permanent - name was given to it by 41 KAUNAS ICE ARENA BALTŲ years of the First Republic and carries the same name to Sruoga’s death, the street was renamed after him and room, and tennis courts. and led an active cultural life, was fond of. It was owls that were put around the Kaunas Art School that AINIAI this day. In the M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art’s then a decade after that a memorial museum was es- immortalized in the poet’s work Gražina and gained was built there. The author of these sculptures is Vincas branch filled with Art Deco, you will learn everything Aušros g. 42C tablished in the house, where you can learn everything ROUTE DARIUS STEPONAS the name of Mickevičius after the suggestion of his Grybas, a student at the school, at the time. about the first director of this museum and the pione- about Forest of the Gods and more. By the way, the writer 45 KAUNAS SQUASH CLUB beloved. Nearby you can find a commemorative sto- er of professional museology in Lithuania, and his first It is interesting that during the years of Soviet occupa- ne dedicated to him. and many other cultural figures had lived in a house on tion, for some reason, the largest ice arena in the coun- Aušros g. 18 wife, who was a singer. Žemuogių Street. try was built in Elektrėnai, although it was not planned An offer to play squash is already quite exotic, but the to... Well, it is as it is - after all, Povilas Vanagas and

KIPRAS PETRAUSKAS ROUTE PETRAUSKAS KIPRAS game of squash in a cinema? Well, that happens only in 4 VYTAUTAS PARK 22 JUOZAS GRUODIS KAZYS BINKIS (1893–1942) Margarita Drobiazko started their careers in Žaliakalnis. Žaliakalnis. Of course, it would be nice if films were still 33 Dozens of kids who want to be either figure skaters or shown at the historic Aušra Cinema but the fact that the (1884–1948) Vydūno al. 45 hockey players are now training here. Curling is also One of the many “Vytautas” in Kaunas, just like the Salako g. 18 interwar period building is used and maintained is good others, got its name during a commemoration of A member of Keturvėjininkai, an avant-garde writers’ played! It is also a Kaunas Hockey team’s home until the news in and of itself. the 500th death anniversary of the Grand Duchy’s “I am healthy and full of energy to carry out my noble group, with eternal spring in his heart. Kazys Binkis did new arena is built in a different place in Kaunas. Open skating sessions take place on weekends. ruler. Until then it was called Petrovka since in 1872 work,” composer Juozas Gruodis wrote on one of the cards not live long in Vydūno Alley, only for a couple of years You can ascend to Žaliakalnis kaunastically - the new spot for entertainment hosted the tsar of the self-improvement system that he had developed. - at that time Lithuania was occupied by the Nazis. Not You will learn what motivational words were written on Peter the Great’s 200th birthday anniversary cel- only Binkis’ poems became a part of history but also 46 CHRIST’S RESURRECTION MONUMENT TO ELENA ebration. Many Kaunas residents associate Vytau- the other cards upon visiting (you must book in advance) the fact that he and his wife Sofija Binkienė (1902–1984) 51 with a funicular railway. Another convenient the wooden house - which is a branch of Kaunas City Mu- rescued Jewish people from the Nazis and later were re- CHURCH SPIRGEVIČIŪTĖ AND STASĖ THE ROUTE OF A HERMIT BEETLE THE ROUTE OF A tas Park with carousels, but did you know that the Žemaičių g. 31A first basketball training sessions and matches took seum - of the composer and his wife Stasė. It is not just cognized as Righteous Among the Nations. ŽUKAITĖ way would be using public transport that takes place here? Female basketball nonetheless! By the a simple cabin! The house on a picturesque slope next to The monument to Lithuanian statehood was important Taikos pr. and Studentų g. intersection way, on July 13, 1919, the first sports festival was held the Neris - which the couple had already fallen in love for both local and foreign Lithuanians, who donated ex- Geographically it might not be Žaliakalnis anymore, in Petrovka, which is marked by a commemorative with - was designed by Feliksas Vizbaras himself. And 34 PETRAS KALPOKAS (1880–1945) tensively to the construction of the church. The corner- you to the top of Savanoriai and Parodos hills. Žemaičių g. 74 but it definitely is spiritually. The motto of Elena, who stone. the composer had planted apple trees in the garden that stone of the building, designed by a Latvian architect still bear fruit today. Enjoy! Karolis Reisonas, was brought from the Mount of Olives was baptized in the Christ’s Resurrection Church, was, Before Kalpokas started teaching at the Kaunas Art “It is better to die than to commit sin.” In 1944 thugs Of course, the true residents of Žaliakalnis, School in 1921, he had been traveling around Europe for in Jerusalem and was blessed in 1934 and it was another 70 years before the church was consecrated. During the entered her home and killed both the 19-year-old Elena twenty years and studying with famous artists. He not LIUDAS TRUIKYS (1904–1987) Soviet occupation, the unfinished church functioned as Spirgevičiūtė and her relative that came to her rescue. even if you wake them up in the middle of the 23 only passed on his experience to students, but also used a radio factory. In 1988 Česlovas, the younger brother of Elena, organized AND MARIJONA it to decorate churches, Kaunas Central Post Office, and a blessing of an angel sculpture at the place of the girl’s night, can tell you which stairs are closest to RAKAUSKAITĖ (1892–1975) the Bank of Lithuania. He named his son, who was born THE SMALL CHRIST’S death (the creator of the sculpture is Antanas Kmieli- E. Fryko g. 14 in Germany, Rimtas, left many wonderful paintings be- 47 auskas). hind and gave a name to a street in Žaliakalnis. He lived RESURRECTION CHURCH their home and which have the fewest steps. Žaliakalnis was inhabited by so many people who contributed a lot “We recognized each other and had no choice but to be on Žemaičių Street, in the house he himself designed. Aukštaičių g. 4 together,” he once said about her. If the set designer Liu- KAUNAS ORTHODOX CHURCH das and the dramatic soprano Marijona lived today, the While the debate over the Christ’s Resurrection Basilica 52 to Lithuania’s development, politics, and relations with the world was taking place, a temporary church was built just The so-called Šilelis stairs are some of the most other residents of Fryko Street, fed up with the nightlife OF THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD 35 VINCAS MYKOLAITIS-PUTINAS 400 meters away, operating to this day just like it did Radvilėnų pl. 1A (who, by the way, were also friends and even relatives) that this led by their bohemian neighbors, would call the police. throughout all the occupations!! picturesque. The stairs that invite you to discov- But the street can sleep peacefully at night because the (1893–1987) Aukštaičių g. 28 / Vaižganto g. 14 / Vaižganto g. 36 This church functioned until the Soviet occupation. It district is basically a one big history textbook. Many houses are de- entertainment of the interwar period’s cultural and ar- is one of the six former departmental churches of Kau- er Kaunas Art Gymnasium - while walking up corated with commemorative plaques, and their architecture is an tistic elite is remembered by the exceptionally interest- “I live in Putinas house.” “No, I live in Putinas house!” If 48 LENARTAVIČIŲ CHAPEL AND nas Fortress. Today, its condition is deplorable, but it ing memorial museum, where, by the way, sometimes, you hear a similar dispute somewhere in Žaliakalnis do THE STATUE OF VIRGIN MARY is impossible not to notice the ruins while walking on additional detail of the puzzle. Let‘s start with mister Klimas. concerts are held. not be surprised, because there are three such houses Vaistinės skg. Radvilėnų Road. Žemaičių Street - are equally camera-worthy. in total, two of them on the same street. Salomėja Nėris also lived in one of them. The museum of a literary clas- If you take the Šilelis stairs to Žaliakalnis towards the 8 PETRAS KLIMAS (1891–1969) 13 ANTANAS GEDMANTAS JUOZAS ZIKARAS sic, philosopher, and academic who refused priesthood is former Radio Factory, stop at this Kaunas miracle. Nobles 53 ŽALIAKALNIS JEWISH And in Žaliakalnis itself, you can conveniently Vaižganto g. 25 / Vaižganto g. 26 24 Brigita and Liudvikas Lenartavičiai built a chapel and a (1900–1941) (1881–1944) located in Prienai district. statue of Virgin Mary in their plot in 1925. Surrounded by CEMETERY move around on foot. Dear cyclists, if the hill Petras Klimas was a signatory of the Act of 16 Febru- Žemuogių g. 2 J. Zikaro g. 3 residential houses it is not liked by all the neighbors but... Radvilėnų pl. ary and an excellent diplomat, who had described that is why it is special. When walking along Aukštaičių Street, a wooden house “Zikaras’ house built by Zikaras on Zikaro Street,” sounds ELŽBIETA DAUGVILIENĖ The cemetery, (that has not been functioning for a long in detail the process of regaining Lithuania’s state- 36 RELIGIOUS ROUTE with an impressive set-up will catch your eye. In 1928– like an ironic tongue twister but it is absolutely true. time now) which was established in 1861 near Ąžuolynas, looks too steep, do not despair! You can trans- hood. In honor of his daughter, he called the villa in (1886–1959) is the largest and the most important ones in Kaunas. 1941 there lived Antanas Gedmantas, a captain and an Today, the house of the author of the Freedom monu- 49 ŽALIAKALNIS SYNAGOGUE Žaliakalnis, designed by Feliksas Vizbaras - Eglutė. Kauko al. 7 Singer Danielius Dolskis, painter Jakovas Mesenblumas adjutant of the Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union’s head- ment, a pioneer of professional sculpture, built right Vaisių g. 30 port your steely friend by funicular railway or After returning from exile in the post-war years, next to his workplace - Kaunas Art School - functions This folk artist was known by her original sculpture and many other prominent Jews were buried here. he settled across the street from his home, in the quarters, who was shot by Soviets in Belarus. Today, the In 1858 a wooden synagogue emerged on a narrow street house belongs to his granddaughter, graphic artist Aistė as a memorial museum and is as cozy as it was almost a technique. Her works that immortalize the historical villa designed by Stasys Kudokas, with his brother- memory of Lithuania consist of thousands of pieces of in Žaliaklanis. Later, it was rebuilt. A photo studio was public transport fitted to do so, and after that, Ramūnaitė. hundred years ago. Pay attention to the authentic floor- established here a few years ago, where artistic events in-law, whom he had invited to stay on Vaižganto ing - marmoleum. By the way, the house was featured in elm bark attached to a canvas. The artist has lived near 54 MEMORIAL CROSS FOR THE Street. occasionally take place. Ask the visitors of Kaunas gal- you will be able to evaluate the new bike lanes Audrius Juzėnas film Owl Mountain - no wonder, since it Kauko stairs since 1925. It is because of her legacy that leries and similar places about it. DEPORTEES OF JUNE 14, 1941 14 KAZYS GRINIUS (1866–1950) is located on the Owl Hill. the wooden house is considered a cultural monument. Vaižganto g. Aukštaičių g. 39 and the meandering paths of Ąžuolynas. 9 ČIJUNĖ SUGIHARA 50 KAUNAS ST. NICHOLAS At the very end of Vaižganto Street a panorama of Kau- (1900–1986) The third President of the Republic of Lithuania held 25 JUOZAS GRUŠAS (1901–1986) 37 IEVA SIMONAITYTĖ (1897–1978) MIRACLE OLD BELIEVERS nas Railway Station opens up. It commemorates a pain- Vaižganto g. 30 this position for a very short time, only half a year, and Kalniečių g. 93 Dainavos g. 5 ful moment in Kaunas history. It was here that the lived in this house from 1926 to 1941. Almost all this time CHURCH townspeople gathered to take the last look at their de- The villa of Juozas Tonkūnas, the Minister of Educa- One of the most famous Prussian Lithuanians lived in Širvintų g. 19 he worked as the head of the Medical and Sanitation De- What nickname to choose if you are Grušas? Of course, ported relatives, loved ones and friends. HOW TO MOVE AROUND? MOVE TO HOW tion of the First Republic, which attracts thousands Kaunas from 1936 to 1939. It was here in Žaliakalnis that partment, although the German occupiers had exiled a pear (grusha - a russian word for pear). The pioneer You will find the only Old Believers’ church in Kaunas near of guests from Japan and Israel, was the home and she completed her two-volume novel Vilius Karalius. A him for protesting the killing of Lithuanian Jews. The of tragedy and tragicomedy in Lithuanian literature did the Žaliakalnis market. The brick church was built in 1906. workplace of the Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugi- small house on the corner of Dainavos and Dzūkų streets President later moved to the United States. not shy away from other forms of literature which, as Poet Salomėja Nėris was meeting her beloved professor Juo- hara. Today, it is a museum. As you walk around the you already understood, required a pseudonym. You will is decorated with the writer’s bust. zas Eretas next to it. small exhibition, you start wondering, what would learn more about this writer in his memorial museum - you do if your country’s government was categorical 15 STEPONAS KAIRYS (1879–1964) a branch of the Maironis Lithuanian Literature Museum. and the people asking for help in imminent danger? Aukštaičių g. 43 38 KAJETONAS SKLĖRIUS Chiune Sugihara made the right choice, just like the (1876–1932) Dutch Consul Jan Zwartendijk. A Social Democrat, a big fan of Japan (he published books Kalniečių g. 105 about this country, its political system, and people with- 26 VIKTORAS VIZGIRDA MORE OF ŽALIAKALNIS out even visiting it), a signatory of the Act of Independ- (1904–1993) Petras Aleksandravičius, Robertas Antinis, Vytautas VALDAS ADAMKUS (G. 1926) ence, and an engineer. It is him that we need to thank Tulpių g. 4 Jurkūnas, Marcė Katiliūtė, Napoleonas Petrulis, Jonas 10 Martinaitis, Juozas Mikėnas, Bronius Pundzius, Domicėlė Jonas Jablonskis Primary School (now Jonas for the water flowing out of the taps in Kaunas and other A graduate of Kaunas Art School, who studied in Paris, Jablonskis Gymnasium), Aušros g. 3 Tarabildienė - all these famous artists studied with Kaje- You can find more objects and stories in Žaliakalnis on the other thematic ROUTE KLIMAS PETRAS communications. You will find the bust of Steponas later became the chairman of the Lithuanian Artists’ tonas Sklėrius, the pioneer of Lithuanian watercolor and Kairys next to Kauno vandenys (the city’s water supplier), association, and after moving to the US (however, not It’s Kaunastic routes: As a child, the future President of Lithuania lived in head of Kaunas Art School. He lived in this wooden house which is also decorated with Bronius Pundzius’ sculpture from this idyllic wooden house on Tulpių Street but a Žaliakalnis (unfortunately, his house did not sur- for several years until his death. Water Carrier. little later from Vilnius) continued to paint as well as vive) and attended Jonas Jablonskis Primary School “Modernist’s Guide” took on writing. “Wallographer’s Notes” (it is an exceptional highlight of modernist Kaunas; next to the school you will also see the bust of J. 16 JUOZAS TŪBELIS IR JADVYGA “The Litvak Landscape” Jablonskis). Adamkus would go see basketball ma- JUOZAS TUMAS- tches at the Kaunas sports hall. Later he attended TŪBELIENĖ 27 Dainavos g. 1 Aušra Gymnasium downtown and after that... You VAIŽGANTAS (1869–1933) “The Sugihara Route” Vaižganto g. 25 HELLO! can learn more about Valdas Adamkus’ biography Many generations of Kaunas residents know this build- IN ADDITION TO BEING THE MOST KAUNAS-LIKE DISTRICT IN “Gastro Guide” in one of the few Presidential Libraries in Europe, ing as Kaunas Art Gymnasium. The building and many Algirdo Street was renamed to Vaižganto just half a year located on S. Daukanto Street. other things in Kaunas would not exist if not for Juozas after the death of the writer and priest, although he had THE CITY, IT IS ALSO THE GREENEST, MOST MUSICAL, MOST Look for free publications at Kaunas IN Tourism Information Center (Rotušės a. 15, Tūbelis, the head of the Lithuanian Government and the lived there for a short period of time. Kaunas residents Kaunas), in tourism-friendly places (they are marked with stickers Tourism Infor- Lithuanian bank, an agricultural specialist, a member really loved Vaižgantas, the owner of dachshund named SPORTY, AND SO ON. SUCH IS ŽALIAKALNIS, THE NETWORK 11 VYTAUTAS KAVOLIS of the press, and founder of Pienocentras, who worked Kaukas. The writer was buried in Vytautas the Great mation Friendly) or visit.kaunas.lt. (1930–1996) a lot and achieved a lot. Lithuania should also be grate- Church (his memorial apartment is located nearby)! OF STREETS THAT SURROUND ĄŽUOLYNAS, WHICH CONTAINS Tulpių g. 22 ful to his wife Jadvyga Chlodauskaitė, the sister of An- On the occasion of his 60th birthday, a yellow dahlia THE MILLENNIUM-OLD CODE OF LITHUANIA. IT BECAME A More of the “Žaliakalnis“ and other kaunastic routes Although the future sociologist lived on the bran- tanas Smetona’s wife Sofija. But that is another story. (priest’s favorite color) was bred. ching of this “bouquet” (with streets of Lillies and And Tūbelis’ villa that emerged in 1932 was designed by you can find in the digital version on Feliksas Vizbaras. PART OF KAUNAS CITY IN 1919. MEDALS HAVE BEEN WON HERE, www.kaunastika.lt. Deutzias nearby) of streets, until he moved to the UGNĖ BABICKAITĖ- West with his family as a teenager, there are more 28 SYMPHONIES HAVE BEEN WRITTEN, NOVELS DREAMT INTO traces of him in Kaunas. Vytautas Magnus Univer- GRAIČIŪNIENĖ (1897–1981) 17 MARTYNAS JANKUS (1858–1946) Vaižganto g. 14 sity named a study center after him and the house Aukštaičių g. 29 EXISTENCE, LIVES SAVED, POLITICAL MOVES STRATEGIZED, USEFUL HASHTAGS itself is definitely worthy of a few camera shots. The actress and director worked extensively in the Unit- The patriarch of Lithuania Minor stayed in Kaunas for ed States, and it was there, perhaps, that she acquired a THE FIRST RADIO SIGNAL BROADCAST. HERE, THE COLORFUL some time. He moved here from Bitėnai - where he had pseudonym Une Baye. The theatrical and her husband #kaunastic #kaunas2022 set up the famous printing house - after the Germans lived in this house until her exile in 1951. After she re- WOODEN HOUSES ARE FLIRTING AFFECTIONATELY WITH 12 VINCAS RUZGAS (1892–1972) occupied Klaipėda region. In 1939 in the garden of the Vy- Kauko al. 11 turned alone, she had to stay elsewhere in Žaliakalnis. #visitkaunas #kaunaspilnas tautas the Great War Museum - with the participation of By the way, Une Baye collected many exhibits for Balys THE EXAMPLES OF MODERNIST ARCHITECTURE. IT WAS During the interwar period. Vincas Ruzgas, who M. Jankus himself - a commemorative bust of him was Sruoga Museum - an example of true communality of was a pedagogue, museologist, and librarian was unveiled (sculptor Bernardas Bučas). You can also find his Žaliakalnis. SUPPOSED TO BE THE CENTER OF THE TEMPORARY CAPITAL TOURIST INFORMATION entrusted with the establishment of a museum name on the nearby wall of book smugglers. He lived on of teaching and educational supplies. In the same Aukštaičių St. 29. Very close to it, in Žaliakalnis, you can BUT... KAUNAS IS NO LONGER A TEMPORARY CAPITAL AND year, the reading room named after Vincas Kudirka find and M. Jankaus Street. 29 ADOMAS GALDIKAS YET, THE SPIRIT OF ŽALIAKALNIS IS STILL HERE EVEN AFTER KAUNAS IN was established! V. Ruzgas not only headed the cur- (1893–1969) rent Lithuanian Education History Museum but the Savanorių pr. 81 public library as well (until 1940). He also taught and 18 JUOZAS ŠARAUSKAS (1894–1941) GENERATIONS AND REGIME CHANGES. SO, WELCOME! WE Dainavos g. 2 published periodical literature. The pedagogue and A brick building (Galdikas house) erected at the end of WONDER WHAT WILL YOUR ŽALIAKALNIS LOOK LIKE AFTER Rotušės a. 15, Kaunas | +370 616 50991 his family lived in Kaukas Alley, in the house that The member of the Vytautas the Great War Museum the 19th century on Savanorių Avenue, just as you ascend he himself built. board often filled in for the head of the museum V. Na- the hill, has seen better days. It is probably the only thing A WALK. [email protected] | visit.kaunas.lt gevičius and actively took care of the historical project’s in the city to remember the artist by, apart from his implementation. The colonel was also the leader of the works in the M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art. The #kaunastic #visitkaunas #kaunas2022 painter and graphic artist, who taught at the Kaunas Art Lithuanian scouts. Before the recipient of The Order of PUBLISHED 2019, UPDATED 2021 the Cross of Vytis was shot and killed by the Bolsheviks, School, had created decorations for as many as 17 State he lived in a beautiful wooden house in Žaliakalnis. Pau- Theatre performances. se to pay your respects as you pass by. 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