Kaunas - Landmarks

Landmarks

Central Kaunas is defined by two pedestrian streets: the 2-km-long Laisvės alėja (Liberty Avenue), a central street of the city, lined by linden trees, and its continuation, Vilnius Street, leading to the oldest part - Old Town of Kaunas. Some of the most prominent features in Kaunas include:

• Kaunas Castle, a 14th century fortification;
• Vytautas' Church, one of the oldest churches in Lithuania and the oldest in Kaunas;
• St. Gertrude Church in Kaunas;
• Kaunas Cathedral Basilica, the largest Gothic building in Lithuania, with a late Baroque interior;
• St. George's Church, which was rumoured to have been turned into a dance studio during the Soviet Occupation;
• Pažaislis abbey, an impressive complex in Baroque style;
• St. Francis Xavier Church;
• Neo-Byzantine church of St. Michael the Archangel;
• Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Eternal flame, and Statues of Lithuanian national renaissance figures are located in the Vienybės square in front of the War museum;
• Christ’s Resurrection Church with an unfolding panoramic view of the city;
• Kaunas Zoo, the only state-operated zoo in Lithuania;
• Kaunas Fortress, one of the largest defensive structures in Europe, occupying 65 km2 (25 sq mi), a 19-20th century military fortress, which includes a Holocaust site of the Ninth Fort;
• Kaunas Botanical Garden;
• Napoleon's Hill;
• Kaunas Synagogue;
• House of Perkūnas;
• Kaunas Town Hall and the square;
• Interbellum functionalism architecture complexes;
• Two funiculars - Žaliakalnis Funicular Railway and the Aleksotas Funicular Railway;
• Kaunas Mosque;
• Ąžuolynas Park and the valley of Girstupis River named after Adam Mickiewicz;
• Memorial Petrašiūnai Cemetery;
• Lithuanian open-air Ethnographic Museum displaying the heritage of Lithuanian rural life in a vast collection of authentic resurrected buildings is situated east of Kaunas on the bank of Kaunas Reservoir in a town of Rumšiškės;
• Kaunas University of Medicine Hospital;
• Kaunas Cultural Centre of Various Nations;
• Marine aquarium in the Mega Shopping mall.