Globali kategorija: Senamiestis

Judita: “When I was young I used to live with my custodian in M. Valančiaus Street. There was a market in the old town that was always full of people. Rumours would spread very easily. Therefore, the women that worked in the market soon knew that I was Jewish. However, I was christened according to Christian […]

Eglė: Hens running across the yard, pigs being farmed behind the house and the old horse of Kaunas silently sitting in the garage… It is a description of a casual rural household after World War II, of one of the buildings located in Nemunas Street.Described as the Red-light district during the interwar period, the street […]

Gintaras: In Vilniaus Street, next to the underground passage, there is a building with niches, in which three little sculptures were placed. Unfortunately, they did not stand and entertain the passers-by for a long time. They were vandalized one night. It was around 1988, I don’t remember for sure. But a place is never empty, and […]

Sculptor Robertas Antinis sharing his memories about  people of Laisvės avenue and Kaunas (2014). Virtual route presented by R. Antinis can be found in section “Routes“.

Grafas: This photo hangs on a wall in my house. Interestingly, those who see it for the first time do not seem to understand what place and view it is. And this is the centre of Kaunas during the Soviet times, 1980. It is Janonio (Vienybės) Square and Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis Art Museum and War […]

1 photograph Povilas (first to the right) and Vandas (second to the left), Tarnauskas, restaurant “Versalis” shareholders, festive visit to Nemunas. 4th decade. From the family archive of Ludza Riaukienė. Robert Kanys: In this photo, with Povilas and Vanda Tarnauskas and my grandfather, Česlovas Kanys, who was friends with Povilas Tarnauskas and also worked as […]