Statues - Hither & Thither

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Birštonas
Kauno apskritis

Vytauto parke
(Vytautas Park)

Vytautas Didysis

Vytautas the Great

c. 1350 - 1430
Grand Duke of Lithuania, 1392-1430
(Wikipedia)

Gediminas Jokūbonis
1998

Description

Pink granite equestrian statue, where Vytautas' figure blends into a horse figure, this way the sculptor emphasizes Vytautas's abilities to fight and desire to act. The granite for the statue was brought from the areas which belonged to Lithuania during the rule of Vytautas the Great - Ukraine. The statue weighs nearly thirty tons.

Signature

g.jokūbonis-1997

Information Sign

G. Jokūbonis
Vytautas Didysis
Vytautas the Great

1998

Annotation

The architect of the monument is V. Čekanauskas.

Sculptor

Gediminas Jokūbonis (Kupiškis, Panevėžio apskr. 1927 - Vilnius 2006), Lithuanian sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Visit Birštonas, Sculptures.
Wikipedia, Sąrašas:Vytauto Didžiojo paminklai.
Kees van Tilburg, From Marcus Aurelius to Kim Jong-il: The story of equestrian statues throughout the ages (Amstelveen, 2017). – see also the Equestrian statue website.

Locatie (N 54°35'53" - E 24°2'6") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: lt076; Photograph: 14 July 2013
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