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for male vitality called Erektosan paintings, the 17th­century VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
are among the exhibits at this Suffering Mother of God, repu­
unique museum. Chilling tedly has miraculous powers. Practical Information
medicinal apparatus and the Road Map D5. * 320,000.
occasional waxwork, such as E Perkūnas House n Laisvės alėja 36, 323 436.
a shaman curing a baby, add Aleksoto 6. Tel (37) 6414 4614. _ International Jazz Festival
to the atmo sphere. The Open 10am–4:30pm Tue–Fri; other (Apr). ∑ kaunastic.lt
museum also runs a times by appointment. 8 Transport
homoeopathic pharmacy. The ogee arches and pinnacles k 10 km (6 miles) N of town.
of this redbrick Gothic build ing, £ @
R Cathedral of Sts Peter resemble those of the Church
and Paul of St Anne (see p232), Vilnius. It
Vilniaus 1. Tel (37) 324 093. 5 7am, was named after Perkūnas, R Vytautas Church
8am, 9am, 6pm daily. the pagan god of Aleksoto 3. Tel (37) 203 854. 5 6pm
Several reconstructions thunder, when Tue–Thu, 10am & 6pm Sat–Sun.
have culminated in the renovation in the 19th Standing on the bank of the
Gothic and Renaissance century revealed that Nemunas river, this church was
exterior of this 15th­ it may once have been built on the orders of Vytautas
century cathedral. The the site of a pagan the Great after the Holy Roman
broadly late Baroque temple. Dating from Emperor decided in 1413, much
interior, however, has the early 1500s, it was to the ire of the Teutonic Knights,
remained largely originally a meeting that the land on the river’s right
unchanged since 1800. Painting, Cathedral of house for merchants bank belonged to the Grand
A tomb­stone on the Sts Peter and Paul in the Hanseatic Duchy of Lithuania. Already an
exterior of the south League. Bought by army storehouse, the church was
wall is that of Maironis (1862– the Jesuits, the house was con­ converted to serve a Russian
1932), a priest­poet whose verse verted into a chapel before Orthodox congrega tion. A full
romanti cized Lithuanian becoming, in the 19th century, reconstruction took place after
legends and land­marks. Inside, a theatre and then a school. Lithuania’s first independence in
the sculptures surrounding the Later, during the Soviet period, 1918, post World War I. In 1930,
high altar are overpowering. it was used as a warehouse. It is a medallion was placed in the
The oldest of the cathedral’s now back with the Jesuits. church wall to comme morate
the 500th anniversary of
Kaunas Vytautas’s death.
1 Old Town Hall 9 Folk Music Museum
2 Church of the Holy Trinity 0 Laisvės Avenue
3 Church of St George q Mykolas Žilinskas Art Gallery
4 Kaunas Castle w Church of the Resurrection
5 Pharmacy Museum e M K Čiurlionis Art Museum
6 Cathedral of Sts Peter and Paul r Vytautas the Great War Museum
7 Perkūnas House t Devils Museum
8 Vytautas Church

KLAIPĖDA, Airport VILNIUS,
Ninth Fort 10 km (6 miles) RUMŠIŠKĖS Redbrick Gothic structure of
RAUDONDVARIS JONAVOS GATVĖ AUŠROS Vytautas Church
ŠAUKLIQ GATV Ė ŠV GERTRÙDOS GATVĖ SAVANORIQ PROSPEKTAS Church of the E Folk Music Museum
Ž A L I O J I G A T V Ė
JURBARKO GATVĖ
Resurrection
N eri s A MACKEVIČIAUS GATVĖ Devils Ž E M A I Č I U G A T V Ė Zamenhofo 12. Tel (37) 422 295.
Museum
Open 10am–6pm Tue–Fri, 10am–5pm
A JAKŠTO GATVĖ JONAVOS G BEN E DIKTIN I Q GATVĖ M K Čiurlionis V P U T V I N S K I O G AT V Ė Sat. & 8
Art Museum
Vytautas the Great
Kaunas War Museum
Castle This museum boasts a
Philharmonic
Santakos Church of PAPILIO GATVĖ Pharmacy M VALANCIAUS KUMELIU GATVĖ M DAUKŠOS E OŽESESKIENĖ S K DONELAIČIO GATVĖ collection of 7,000 wind, brass
Hall
Park Museum Laisvės and stringed instruments, includ­
St George A MAPU St Gertrude’s Avenue
Church of the Cathedral Church L A I S V Ė S A L Ė J A ing pipes and whistles. Only 500
of Sts Peter
Holy Trinity Old and Paul GRUODŽIO GATVĖ City of them are on display due to
Town Hall BIRŠTONO Garden D A U K A N T O G AT V Ė NEPRIKLAUSOMYBĖS the museum’s small size. The
SAMALININKU GATVĖ
AIKŠTE
ZAMENHO FO
ROTUŠĖS AIKŠTĖ
SANTAKOS GATVĖ
Perkūnas J NAUGARDO V I L N I A U S GATVĖ K Ę S T U Č I O G AT V Ė A M I C K E V I Č I A U S G A T V Ė staff can give demonstra tions of
House ALEKSOTO Folk PUODŽIU GATVĖ I KANTO GATVĖ Mykolas Žilinskas many of these. Stranger pieces,
Art Gallery
Music
Church
Nemunas Vytautas Museum K A R A L I A U S M I N DA U G O P R O S P E K TA S Bus Station such as the table bass, a pine
Zapyškis Church 450 m (500 yards) table with four strings and a
Railway Station Pažaislis pig’s bladder, are also displayed.
800 m (885 yards) Monastery
For keys to symbols see back flap
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