Kaunas

Kaunas, Lithuania - Top 15 Places To Visit - Silvija Travel Tips - Unravel Travel TV

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Kaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius and has historically been a leading centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas is home to a variety of festivals and events, including the famous Kaunas Jazz festival, Hanza days, Operetta, Pažaislis Classical Music festival, Bike show, Kaunas city days, Songs festival ( listed by UNESCO), International Modern Dance Festival and much more. The Old Town has a collection of ancient architectural monuments, the remnants of the 14th century with remains of Kaunas castle, the buildings of the Middle Ages in the Gothic and Art Déco styles. The Kaunas Fortress has a valuable military heritage composed of a number of buldings and walls that used to be a military complex. There are nine Forts around the city and the IXth Fort serves as a museum. The macabre collection of nearly 3,000 devils at the Devils’ Museum and the exhibitions showing the unique artistic styles of composer and painter M. K. Ciurlionis, as well as J. Maciunas initiator of the avant-garde Fluxus art movement. The Funicular in the city is a unique means of transportation, is still in use today, including the genuine pre-war wagon, wooden seats, and stop platforms. Even today the funicular takes people up to the hill, from which the panorama of the Kaunas city centre and Old town is wide open. Kaunas is the only city among Baltic States, where such means of transportation is available. Kaunas is located at the confluence of the two largest Lithuanian rivers, the Nemunas and the Neris, and near the Kaunas Reservoir, the largest body of water entirely in Lithuania. Since the restoration of independence, improving substantially air and land transport links with Western Europe have made Kaunas easily accessible to foreign tourists. - Kaunas Castle, Lithuania - Town Hall, Kaunas - Kaunas Cathedral Basilica - Vytautas the Great War Museum, Kaunas - Eternal Flame, Tomb of the Unknown Solder, Kaunas - Statue of Liberty, Garden of Vytautas, Kaunas - Žaliakalnis Funicular Railway, Kaunas - Christ's Resurrection Church (Radio Factory, 1952), Kaunas - St. Michael the Archangel's Church, Kaunas - Kaunas Priest Seminary - Vytauto Didžiojo tiltas (Great Bridge), Nemunas River, Kaunas - Perkūnas (Thunder) House, Kaunas - Lithuanian Bank / The Bank Museum, Kaunas - River Memunas and Neris, Santakos Parkas, Kaunas - Church and Monastery of Pažaislis, Kaunas Kaunas Tourism http://en.kaunas.lt/tourism Lithuania Tourism http://www.lithuania.travel Unravel Travel TV on You Tube http://www.youtube.com/UnravelTravelTV Unravel Travel TV Twitter http://www.twitter.com/UnraveltravelTV Unravel Travel TV Pinterest http://www.pinterest.com/unraveltraveltv