53 Sights in Kaunas, Lithuania (with Map and Images)

The Seventh Fort or VII Fort is a defensive fortification built in Žaliakalnis district of Kaunas, Lithuania, during implementation of the first phase of the construction of the Kaunas Fortress. It is located near the Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences. This Fort became the last brick fortification of Kaunas Fortress. The Seventh Fort is close to the central defenses and it is located in the rear of Kaunas Fortress. The first owner of fort was the 11th company of Kaunas Fortress Artillery. In 1915, German Army occupied the Fort without resistance. The Seventh Fort is one of the best surviving examples of a two-rampart fort, showing the typical design of a 19th-century Russian brick fort. Many authentic elements survive, such as iron window frames, ammunition warehouse gate fragments. During the Fort's restoration, a number of authentic interior details were found.

Wikipedia: Seventh Fort (EN), Website

Kaunas city Chamber Theatre is a municipal theatre in Kaunas, Lithuania. The theatre was established in 1976 as Kaunas Youth Musical Studio.[1] Its founder and long-standing director was the Lithuanian actor and opera singer Stanislovas Rubinovas.[2] The theatre obtained the status of a professional theatre in 1986 and was called Kaunas Youth Chamber Theatre. Its name was changed to Kaunas Chamber Theatre in 2005. After Stanislovas Rubinovas death, his son, actor and director Aleksandras Rubinovas, was leading the theatre as artistic director from 2014 till 2016. From April 2016 former municipal budget office Kaunas Chamber Theatre was replaced by the public institution Kaunas City Chamber Theatre. The theatre, in addition to his own productions, also started to represent chamber productions of other Lithuanian theatres more intensively.

Wikipedia: Kaunas Chamber Theatre (EN), Website

Church of Kaunas Good Shepherd Parish - Church in Kaunas, Dainava district. The parish was established in 1998. April 28th. Decree of Kaunas Archbishop Sigitas Tamkevičius no. 773 Separation of part of St. Territory of Antanas Parish. Initially, the parish used the premises of Kaunas Dainava Secondary School. 1999 March 5 The authors of the church project approved by the Church Art Commission of Kaunas Archdiocese - architects Algimantas Kančas and Marius Preisas. According to the project, the church provides 350 seats. The building is modern, coordinated with the architecture of the Dainava district. 1999 July 3 The foundations started to be laid. August 31 of the same year. The cornerstone of the Church was consecrated.

Wikipedia: Kauno Gerojo Ganytojo bažnyčia (LT)

The oak of the Peace Hill is a state-protected natural heritage object in Kaunas Pažaislis silo. It is the thickest oak tree in Kaunas Lagoon Regional Park. The oak tree is swallowing in the shilling right next to the bicycle path, which meanders between the coast of Kaunas Lagoon and the south side of pažaislis monastery. The tree, named after the Oak of Peace Mountain, was of almost a similar age and shape, began to be patronized in 2001, when it "occupied" the site of the pažaislis oak, an old natural monument that grew nearby. The oak of The Peace Mountain is currently the oldest and thickest in Kaunas. Kaunas city natural monument has been named since 25 October 2001.

Wikipedia: Taikos kalno ąžuolas (LT)

Museum "Atomic Bunker" is a civil protection museum located in a Soviet bunker in Kaunas, Vilijampole microdistrict, Raudondvario pl. 164A (yard). Here are exhibited exclusive technical exhibits from both world wars, interwar, Cold War and present-day times. The main idea of the museum is the history of the protection of mankind. Here is accumulated the most diverse protective technique. The exhibits come from private collections, some of which were donated by individual enthusiasts. The commanders of the Lithuanian Armed Forces and reserve officers contributed to the creation of the exposition. The author of the idea is businessman Julius Urbaitis.

Wikipedia: Atominis bunkeris (LT), Website

Aleksotas Funicular is a funicular railway located in Aleksotas elderate of Kaunas, Lithuania. The funicular constructed on the right bank of the Nemunas River was officially opened on 6 December 1935. The track of the Aleksotas funicular remained unchanged. The track has a separation in the centre of the track for carriages to pass. Special automatic brakes were installed in carriages not to let them run down in case of cable damage. The length of funicular is 132.9 metres (436 ft), gradient - 18 degrees. Authentic traction equipment, including the genuine pre-war wagons, wooden seats, and stop platforms of the funicular are still used.

Wikipedia: Aleksotas Funicular (EN)

Jurgis Maciunas Square is a square named after The Founder of Fluxus Jurgis Maciunas, located in Kaunas, Naujamiestis, at a tripartite intersection connecting Vytautas Avenue, Donelaitis and Exhibition streets. The aforementioned intersection is located in front of the building No. 1 of Parodos str., where J. Maciunas himself lived as a child. The square was presented to the public on July 20, 2017, but the official ceremony of unveiling the square did not take place. This is said to have been contrary to the philosophy of the Fluxus movement, whose manifesto is based on the square.

Wikipedia: Jurgio Mačiūno aikštė (LT)

Kaunas pantomime theatre is pantomime theatre in Kaunas, Lithuania. Theatre was established in 1968. Founder and leader of Kaunas Pantomime theatre was artistic director Kestutis Adomaitis (1948–1996). Kaunas Municipality becomes the founder of Kaunas Pantomime Theatre in 2003. Kaunas Pantomime theatre is the only Lithuanian professional ensemble theatre with a repertoire of this genre only. The theatre performed in many foreign countries, such as Germany, Russia, Romania, Latvia, Syria, Jordan, China, Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, Denmark.

Wikipedia: Kaunas Pantomime Theatre (EN)

Veršvų mound is a mound and a former settlement in the territory of Kaunas district municipality, in Veršvė. It is accessible from the Icelandic highway ring at fort IX by driving along the Žemaičiai highway towards Vilijampolė, Baltų avenue, Šilainiai highway and Gabija street until its turn to the right in the west direction, further walking past the residential houses on the north side of the deepened highway-western bend 300 m to the southwest, is slightly to the right, descending the slope to the Nemunas Valley.

Wikipedia: Veršvų piliakalnis (LT)

The Lithuanian Aviation Museum is located in Kaunas, Lithuania. The museum was officially opened in 1983. The permanent collection of the museum contains more than 18 000 displays of different fields of technology. The major part of the collection is dedicated to the history of aviation in Lithuania. It includes about 40 flying machines, models of airplanes, flyers, gliders and helicopters of various times, and designed during the Interwar period of Lithuania first combat aircraft the ANBO I by General Antanas Gustaitis.

Wikipedia: Lithuanian Aviation Museum (EN), Website

Kaunas State Puppet Theatre is a puppet theatre in Kaunas, Lithuania. The professional theatre was established in 1958. Each theatrical season it offers to the spectators twenty puppet performances, and 4–5 new plays are usually staged. There are two halls for spectators – 226 and 50 seats each in the theatre. Small museum of puppets characters is set at the premises of the theatre. The theatre performed plays in festivals of many foreign countries.

Wikipedia: Kaunas State Puppet Theatre (EN)

Vieškūnai mound is located in the east of Kaunas city, near Kaunas Lagoon, in the former territory of Vieškūnai village. Located between the Nightingale Valley (north) and the Pažaislis Yacht Club (south), there are residues of the Fort of the Railway (Palemon), and the Rava Ravelis of the West comes from the West. It is one of the best surviving mounds of Lithuania, as it has long been unknown and discovered only in 1992.

Wikipedia: Vieškūnų piliakalnis (LT)

Kaunas St. Vincent Paulian Church is a Catholic church, standing in Kaunas, in the eastern part of it, on the right bank of Nemunas, on Petrašiūnas microorgan. The Church is located in the industrial suburb of Kaunas, and is named after the patron of all charitable activities and organizations, originating in the St. Francis of France. on behalf of Vincent Paulius (1581-1660). The Petraiūnai cemetery is 1,5 km southeast.

Wikipedia: Kauno Šv. Vincento Pauliečio bažnyčia (LT)

Kaunas Eighth Fort, also known as Linkuva, is a former military fort in Šilainiai elderate, Kaunas, Lithuania. Built in 1889–1890, it is part of Kaunas Fortress, which was constructed by the Russian Empire. The Eighth Fort was the first element of Kaunas Fortress to use concrete. The structure is currently abandoned and semi-flooded. The slopes of the fort have been used since the interwar period as a community garden.

Wikipedia: Eighth Fort (EN)

V Kaunas Fort – part of Kaunas Fortress in the southwestern part of the city, in Bunny, next to Kaunas Lagoon, on the upper terrace of linseed stream. On the north side, the fort is surrounded by Vaišvydavos Street, on the south-east side – Alksniai Street. The fort is currently located in the territory of Kaunas Lagoon Regional Park. In the register of cultural goods – since 2002, unique code – 26353.

Wikipedia: V Kauno fortas (LT)

The High Šančiai Mound is a mound in the territory of Kaunas municipality, on the banks of the Nemunas, in the Šančiai eldership. It is reached in The High Šančiai by driving from K. Baršauskas Street by Breslauja, French and Verkiai streets, without reaching the soldiers' cemetery, 250 m to the left in the east direction from the car park – the track leads from the park, 100 m south of the site.

Wikipedia: Aukštųjų Šančių piliakalnis (LT)

The House of Perkūnas is one of the most original and Gothic secular buildings, located in the Old Town of Kaunas, Lithuania. Originally built by Hanseatic merchants and served as their office from 1440 until 1532, it was sold in the 16th century to the Jesuits who had established a chapel there in 1643. The Jesuits have also completed the Church of St. Francis Xavier at the Town Hall Square in 1722.

Wikipedia: House of Perkūnas (EN)

The Orthodox Church of the Lord of the Novorosius Dragūnai Regiment - the Orthodox Church of the Soviet era in Kaunas, Žaliakalnis, Radvilenu pl. 1A, in the territory of the former barracks. Together with the Crew Church, St. The Orthodox Church of Sergius Radonežis is one of the six former departmental churches of Kaunas Fortress. 2014 entered in the Register of Cultural Heritage.

Wikipedia: Kauno Viešpaties Apsireiškimo cerkvė (LT)

Tibet Square is a square in Kaunas, in a triangular islet at the intersection of Trakai and Krėva streets, southeast of the intersection of these streets, on the east side of Krėvos st., north of Tranquility Park. Named after the independence-seeking autonomous region of Tibet. Near the square operate institutions of representatives of various nations and religious denominations.

Wikipedia: Tibeto skveras (Kaunas) (LT)

Kaunas Synagogue is one of two operating choral synagogues in Lithuania. It is located in Centras eldership, Kaunas. The Neo-Baroque synagogue was built in 1872. In 1902, before the Holocaust in Lithuania, it was one of over 25 synagogues and Jewish prayer houses in the city. The radically designed synagogue claims to have one of the most beautiful arks in the entire Jewish world.

Wikipedia: Kaunas Synagogue (EN)

The National Kaunas Drama Theatre (NKDT), formerly Kaunas State Drama Theatre, is a theatre and theatre company in Kaunas, Lithuania. The company is the oldest professional theatre troupe in Lithuania, founded in 1920 at the building now known as the Kaunas State Musical Theatre. It moved to its current location, the building formerly housing the "Metropolitain" cinema, in 1959.

Wikipedia: National Kaunas Drama Theatre (EN)

Kaunas st. The Basilica of the Archdiocese of The Apostles Peter and Paul is a church in Lithuania, which stands in Kaunas, in the Old Town, near the Town Hall Square. Gothic, after reconstructions acquired features of the Renaissance, Baroque, Neo-Gothic. The largest Gothic building in Lithuania. One of the places of Catholic pilgrimage in the Archdiocese of Kaunas.

Wikipedia: Kauno Šv. apaštalų Petro ir Povilo arkikatedra bazilika (LT)

Kaunas st. The Church of Sergius of Radonezhian stands on the left bank of the Nemunas, in the High Fred, west of the Freda Manor House, next to the VMU Botanical Garden. Together with the Crew Church, the Church of the Manifestation of the Lord in Kaunas, it is one of the six former departmental churches of Kaunas Fortress. There is a registered cultural object.

Wikipedia: Kauno Šv. Sergijaus Radonežiečio cerkvė (LT)

High Panemunė Švč. The Church of the Name of the Virgin Mary is a church that stands in Kaunas, in the High Panemunė, at the mouth of linseed. Next to the church, 250 m to the southwest, is the Panemunė cemetery. The parish has a chapel of Supersteads, as well as the chapel of St. Patrick's Day. Chapel of the Brotherhood of Pius X.

Wikipedia: Aukštosios Panemunės Švč. Mergelės Marijos Vardo bažnyčia (LT)

Church of the Blessed Sacrament or Corpus Christi Church is a Roman Catholic church in the Old Town of Kaunas, Lithuania. The church was damaged by the Napoleonic Army in 1812 and together with the Dominican Monastery was closed in 1845 by the order of Russian tsar Nicholas I of Russia, in 1865 it was converted into an Orthodox church.

Wikipedia: Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Kaunas (EN)

St. Alexoth's Church in Alexoth. Casimir Church is a Catholic church in Kaunas, Aleksotas, Antakalnio str. 35, about 0.6 km north of Aleksotas market place. On the main street of the district Weivers, uphill, a reference to the attraction to st. St. Casimir's Church. Next to each other stands the old wooden and new brick churches.

Wikipedia: Aleksoto Šv. Kazimiero bažnyčia (LT)

Kaunas Small Church of the Resurrection of Christ is a Catholic church in Kaunas, Žaliakalnis, Aukštaičiai str. 4. It is the second parish church in the parish of Christ's Resurrection, centered on the Basilica of the Resurrection of Christ. Both shrines stand in the same Žaliakalnis quarter, 0.4 km from each other.

Wikipedia: Kauno Mažoji Kristaus Prisikėlimo bažnyčia (LT)

Linkuva Manor - former manor house now. In the part of Kaunas city Linkuva, Šilainiai eldership Fragments of the manor homestead are in the northwestern part of the Via Baltica of Kaunas Western Bypass. Easily found according to road links from a wide Baltic Avenue. The surviving manor house is a cultural monument.

Wikipedia: Linkuvos dvaras (Kaunas) (LT)

Church of Vytautas the Great or the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a Roman Catholic church in the Old Town of Kaunas, Lithuania, and is the oldest church in the city and an important example of Gothic architecture in Lithuania, having the only Gothic cross-shaped plan in Lithuania.

Wikipedia: Church of Vytautas the Great (EN)

Kaunas st. Nikolajus Magadaris Church is the only old believers' church in Kaunas, Žaliakalnis district, near the intersection of Kapsai and Širvintos streets. The building is one-story, with a central tower on the southwestern façade, rectangular plan. Žaliakalnis pro-gymnasium is located next to it.

Wikipedia: Kauno Šv. Mikalojaus Stebukladario sentikių cerkvė (LT)

Kaunas Lutheran Holy Trinity Church is a Lutheran church in the Old Town of Kaunas, Lithuania. It is one of the first Lutheran churches in Kaunas, built in 1683. The wooden main altar dates from 1692. The church was closed by the Soviet authorities, nowadays it used by the local university.

Wikipedia: Kaunas Lutheran Holy Trinity Church (EN)

Kaunas Evangelical Reformed Church is located in Kaunas, in the center, at E. Ožeškienės str. 41, its tower is located on the hill of the beginning of Savanorių Avenue. On the steep slope next to the church there is a concrete staircase connecting Savanorių ave. with Ožeškienės st.

Wikipedia: Kauno evangelikų reformatų bažnyčia (LT)

IV Kaunas Fort – part of Kaunas Fortress in the south of the city, in Rokai, Plytinės str. 15. The fort lies on the upper terrace of the left valley of the Nemunas, at the source of the Merry Creek. Included in the Register of Cultural Property in 2002, unique code – 10708.

Wikipedia: IV Kauno fortas (LT)

Pažaislis Monastery and the Church of the Visitation form the largest monastery complex in Lithuania, and the most renowned example of Baroque architecture in the country. The church is the most marble-decorated Baroque church of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

Wikipedia: Pažaislis Monastery (EN), Website

Kaunas Švč. Trinity Church is a nonparaptic Catholic church, which stands in Kaunas Old Town, A. Jakšto str. 1, in the northwestern corner of the Town Hall Square. The late Renaissance style also has Gothic features. Next to it is Kaunas Seminary of Priests.

Wikipedia: Kauno Švč. Trejybės (Seminarijos) bažnyčia (LT)

Romainiai or X Fort - part of Kaunas Fortress in the second ring of the forts, on the western edge of Šilainiai eldership, in Romainiai. An unfinished object is located in the forest 300 m from Kaunas Forest Enterprise, nearby Romainiai Tuberculosis Hospital.

Wikipedia: Romainių fortas (LT)

Panemunė Gate of Dawn M. Mary, Mother of Mercy, Chapel - St. Pius X Brotherhood Chapel in Panemunė district, Birutės str. 1, at the Panemunė trolleybus ring. It does not belong to the Higher Panemunė Blessed Virgin. To the Parish of the Virgin Mary.

Wikipedia: Panemunės Aušros Vartų Švč. Mergelės Marijos, Gailestingumo Motinos, koplyčia (LT)

Napoleon's hill, actually Jiesia (Pajesys) hill fort mound is located in Kaunas, Lithuania, on the left bank of the Nemunas, between the Panemunė and Railway bridges. It is 63.3 meters high. Since the 19th century, it has been named Napoleon's hill.

Wikipedia: Napoleon's Hill (EN)

The Kaunas State Musical Theatre, formerly Kaunas City Theatre, is a theatre in Kaunas, Lithuania. It is home to a musical theatre company of the same name, established on 27 November 1940 in the former State Theatre hall on the Laisvės Alėja.

Wikipedia: Kaunas State Musical Theatre (EN)

Kaunas our Lord Jesus Christ's Resurrection Basilica is a monumental Roman Catholic church in Kaunas, Lithuania. The church was consecrated in 2004, and in 2005 it was finally completed. It is the largest basilical church in the Baltic States.

Wikipedia: Christ's Resurrection Church, Kaunas (EN)

The sixth fort is part of Kaunas Fortress in the eastern part of the city, in Gričiupis, located on the upper terrace of the right slope of the Nemunas right valley. The fort has a pentagonal symmetrical structure, oriented to the northeast.

Wikipedia: VI Kauno fortas (LT)

The Historical Presidential Palace is a Neo-baroque building in the Old Town of Kaunas, Lithuania that served as the Presidential Palace during the interwar years. Today, the palace is a branch of the M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum.

Wikipedia: Historical Presidential Palace, Kaunas (EN), Website

Kaunas Mosque is the only mosque in the city and district of Kaunas, one of only four mosques in Lithuania as well as the only brick mosque in Lithuania and the Baltic countries. It is in Centras eldership, Tatars Street 6 Kaunas.

Wikipedia: Kaunas Mosque (EN)

Lithuanian Sports Museum – Lithuanian Museum, scientific educational institution in Kaunas, Museum of Lithuania, 7, 9, accumulating, researching, promoting body culture and sports values of Lithuanian and Lithuanian expatriates.

Wikipedia: Lietuvos sporto muziejus (LT)

Neris Embankment Park is a park in the west of Kaunas city, in Vilijampolė eldership. The park is located between Petras Vileišis and Varniai bridges, near the Neris River and Neris Embankment Street, southeast of Union Square.

Wikipedia: Neries krantinės parkas (LT)

Kaunas Annunciation Švč. For the Mother of God, the sobor is an Orthodox chapel, which stands in Kaunas, in the southern part of the Tranquility Park, next to Kaunas Church of the Resurrection of Christ and Kaunas Bus Station.

Wikipedia: Kauno Apreiškimo Švč. Dievo Motinai katedra (LT)

Kaunas Latter-day Saints' Church of Jesus Christ is a Mormon church of a religious movement based on Christianity, operating in Kaunas, dainava microdistrict, Draugystės ave. 1. A modern meeting house was built here.

Wikipedia: Kauno Pastarųjų dienų šventųjų Jėzaus Kristaus bažnyčia (LT)

Kaunas St. The Church of the Spirit (Šilainiai) is a church standing in Kaunas, Šilainiai, 0.2 km northeast of Žemaičių highway and Milikonys str. intersections. Serves one of the largest parishes of Kaunas city.

Wikipedia: Kauno Šv. Dvasios bažnyčia (LT)

Kaunas st. The Church of Jurgis Martyr is one of the first churches in Kaunas Old Town. The building stands in Santaka Park in front of Kaunas Castle. Next to the church there is a Monastery of Bernardines in Kaunas.

Wikipedia: Kauno Šv. Jurgio Kankinio bažnyčia (LT)

Pakalniškės Mound is located in Kaunas district, on the left bank of the Nemunas, east of the current Bunny, in Girionys. Accessible from Grand St. Vaišvydavos. In 2022, the Girioniai mound was discovered nearby.

Wikipedia: Pakalniškių piliakalnis (Kaunas) (LT)

Kaunas st. St. Joseph's Church stands in Vilijampolė (Kaunas), next to Union Square. A parish with a population of about 20 thousand people is served. People. On Sundays, st. About 400 believers attend mass.

Wikipedia: Kauno Šv. Juozapo bažnyčia (LT)

II Kaunas Fort is a part of Kaunas Fortress in Julijanava. Built between 1887 and 1888, reconstructed between 1893 and 1898 and 1908. In the register of cultural goods – since 2002, unique code – 26351.

Wikipedia: II Kauno fortas (LT)

Kaunas New Apostolic Church – The New Apostolic Church, located in Kaunas, in dainava microdistrict, V. Krėvė ave. 80 A. On the other side of the street there is a Catholic Church of the Good Shepherd.

Wikipedia: Kauno Naujoji apaštalų bažnyčia (LT)