Kaunas: Memorial
Places and attractions in the Memorial category
Categories
- Museum
- Church
- Specialty museum
- Gothic architecture
- Bridge
- Theater
- Concerts and shows
- History museum
- Sacred and religious sites
- Baroque architecture
- Historical place
- Palace
- Forts and castles
- Park
- Neighbourhood
- Memorial
- Universities and schools
Ninth Fort memorial
Ninth Fort memorial is a memorial designed by the Lithuanian sculptor Alfonsas Vincentas Ambraziūnas and unveiled in 1984. It commemorates the victims of the Ninth Fort, a Nazi execution site for the Jews in the Kovno Ghetto.
Freedom Monument
The Freedom Monument in Kaunas, Lithuania by sculptor Juozas Zikaras was unveiled in 1928 on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the reestablishment of the independence of Lithuania. At that time Kaunas was the temporary capital of the state.
Maironis Museum of Lithuania Literature
Maironis was a Lithuanian Roman Catholic priest and the greatest and most-known Lithuanian poet, especially of the period of the Lithuanian press ban. He was called the Bard of Lithuanian National Revival. Maironis was active in public life. However, the Lithuanian literary historian Juozas Brazaitis writes that Maironis was not.
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Kauno