Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Kaunas, Lithuania

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Number of sights 20 sights
Distance 11.7 km
Ascend 178 m
Descend 132 m

Explore Kaunas in Lithuania with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in KaunasIndividual Sights in Kaunas

Sight 1: Church of Saint George the Martyr

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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)

328 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 2: Town Hall of Kaunas

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The Town Hall of Kaunas stands in the middle of the Town Hall Square at the heart of the Old Town, Kaunas, Lithuania.The structure dates from the 16th century. It houses a Museum of Ceramics.

Wikipedia: Town Hall, Kaunas (EN)

299 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 3: Kaunas Cathedral Basilica of apostles St. Peter and St. Paul

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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)

276 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: Kauno pantomimos teatras

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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)

480 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 5: Kauno Švč. Sakramento bažnyčia ir Domininkonų vienuolynas

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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)

217 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Istorinė prezidentūra

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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

394 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 7: Kauno Šv. Gertrūdos bažnyčia

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Kaunas st. Gertrūda's church is a Gothic-style church in the east of Kaunas Old Town, at the end of Laisvės avenue, in a small courtyard.

Wikipedia: Kauno Šv. Gertrūdos (Marijonų) bažnyčia (LT)

227 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 8: Kauno Tado Ivanausko zoologijos muziejus

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Kauno Tado Ivanausko zoologijos muziejus

The Tadas Ivanauskas Zoological Museum was established in Kaunas, Lithuania, in 1919 by Tadas Ivanauskas (1882–1970).

Wikipedia: Tadas Ivanauskas Zoological Museum (EN), Website

62 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 9: Synagogue of Kaunas

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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)

174 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 10: Philharmony of Kaunas

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Kaunas State Philharmonic is located in the former Palace of Justice and the Parliament. The building was designed by the engineer and architect Edmund Fryk.

Wikipedia: Kaunas State Philharmonic (EN)

318 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 11: Kauno evangelikų reformatų bažnyčia

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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)

573 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 12: Kauno valstybinis lėlių teatras

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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)

202 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 13: Kaunas State Musical Theatre

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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)

1119 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 14: St. Michael the Archangel Church

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St. Michael the Archangel Church

Kaunas st. The church of the archangel Michael (Crew) stands in kaunas new town, in the eastern part of Laisvės avenue, in the center of a specially formed square.

Wikipedia: Kauno Šv. arkangelo Mykolo (Įgulos) bažnyčia (LT)

963 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 15: Christ's Resurrection Church

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Christ's Resurrection Church

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)

1692 meters / 20 minutes

Sight 16: Kauno Viešpaties Apsireiškimo cerkvė

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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)

803 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 17: Šv. Antano Paduviečio bažnyčia

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Kaunas st. St. Antanas Paduvietis Church is a church that stands in Kaunas, Gričiupis.

Wikipedia: Kauno Šv. Antano Paduviečio bažnyčia (LT)

973 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 18: Gričiupio parkas

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Gričiupis Park is a park in Gričiupis eldership, Kaunas.

Wikipedia: Gričiupio parkas (LT)

1680 meters / 20 minutes

Sight 19: Kauno Pastarųjų dienų šventųjų Jėzaus Kristaus bažnyčia

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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)

893 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 20: Draugystės park

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Friendship Park is a 15 ha park in Dainava microdistrict, Kaunas, in the quarter of March 11th street, V. Krėvė and Taikos avenues.

Wikipedia: Draugystės parkas (LT)

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