| Page Views: 4,427 Last Visit to Kaunas: June, 2007 | Kaunas - Lithuanian capital in interwar period by Raimix - last update: Jul 12, 2007 |
Mount near rivers Nemunas and Neris had formed this beautiful place. This city is very rich in history - it had been one of the main defensive places from crusaders, people of this city had seen how Napoleon's army were moving from one bank of Nemunas river to another and more.
I strongly believe Kaunas was recovered in times of 1918-1940, when this city was a capital of Lithuania. It can be seen from famous buildings of interwar period, from lot of monuments of independence heroes.
One more thing, I would like to say - I feel in Kaunas real Lithuanian spirit because of high populated Lithuanians in this place, because of specific architecture.
Taking a walk through Laisves aleja and meeting "White Swan" - Kaunas Town Hall - is quite enjoyable thing.
I would like to revisit Kaunas in near future. Moreover, some must see activities in Kaunas still not visited by me. For sure, it is not enough one day to see all beauties of Kaunas, especially in hot period of a year. |
|  | I have noticed, Kaunas is one of the towns, having lot of nicely kept gothic buildings - it is a different thing from Vilnius, which is more called as baroque town. What is more, Kaunas is more merchants city - probably because its location in almost the middle of Lithuania and due to two biggest rivers confluence. |
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| Pros: | "Nice architecture, friendly atmosphere, really historical place" | | Cons: | "Not very big old town, need to be reconstructed in some places" | | In A Nutshell: | "Beautiful city near the confluence of the biggest rivers in Lithuania - Nemunas and Neris" |
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Airpunk Fri Jun 26, 2009 11:37 UTC
Hi! Indeed, an excellent page about Kaunas - congratulations! It will surely help me on my upcoming short trip to Lithuania. Best regards - Karl | angiebabe Sun Aug 24, 2008 16:56 UTC
Excellent info on yr page here thanks - obviously well worth a visit as much as Vilnius is!Thanks for adding to friends list. Been enjoying the Olympics!? | yumyum Wed Jul 18, 2007 18:57 UTC
Fantastic page, Raimis! Kaunas is one of my favourite places but it doesn't look like I will be able to visit this year. Your page reminds me that I should update mine :)) | HORSCHECK Wed Jul 18, 2007 12:16 UTC
Fabulous updates here and brilliant new photos. Your page reminds me that I should build my Kaunas page sooner or later. Unfortunately we missed the devils museum. :-) |
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