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Vinco Kudirkos aikštė

Vincas Kudirka

Paežeriai 1858 - Vladislavovas (now Kudirkos Naumiestis) 1899
Lithuanian poet and physician, and the author of both the music and lyrics of the Lithuanian National Anthem, Tautiška giesmė
(Wikipedia)

Arūnas Sakalauskas
2009

Description

Bronze statue with behind it a 13 m high stylized bell-tower topped with the Lithuanian national symbol, the Columns of the Gediminids, and on the side the text of the national anthem written on glass.

Inscription(s)

VINCAS KUDIRKA

Signature

skulptorius arūnas sakalauskas ❘ architectas ričardas krištapavičius ❘ labdaros ir paramos fondas vinco kudirkos vardui įamžinti

Sculptor

Arūnas Sakalauskas (Telšiai 1952), Lithuanian sculptor (Wikipedia - Biography).

Sources & Information

Vilnius tourism, Monuments.
Vilnijos Vartai, Vincas Kudirka.

Locatie (N 54°41'15" - E 25°16'50") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: lt053; Photograph: 13 July 2013
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