Žaliakalnis was once a forest with only a couple of farmsteads nestled between vast expanses of greenery. In the modern period, it underwent rapid urbanisation that followed the construction of the Kaunas-Daugavpils highway, and continued during the Interwar period. Thanks to its excellent strategic position, Žaliakalnis and its environs soon became home to the city’s intellectuals.
Žaliakalnis was once a forest with only a couple of farmsteads nestled between vast expanses of greenery. In the modern period, it underwent rapid urbanisation that followed the construction of the Kaunas-Daugavpils highway, and continued during the Interwar period. Thanks to its excellent strategic position, Žaliakalnis and its environs soon became home to the city’s intellectuals. The most famous Lithuanian opera singer of all time, K. Petrauskas, composer J. Gruodis, author of Forest of the Gods , B. Sruoga, and other cultural icons lived here. Today you can visit their houses-turned-museums and see how the cultural elite of 30s Lithuania lived.
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The Historical Presidential Palace of Lithuania in Kaunas
Vilnius St. 33, Kaunas
II-III, V: 10:00-17:00; IV: 10:00-19:00; VI-VII: 11:00-16:00
Vytautas the Great War Museum
K. Donelaitis St. 64, Kaunas
II: 10:00-17:00; III: 10:00-19:00; IV-VII: 10:00-17:00
The Ninth Fort of Kaunas Fortress
Žemaičiai Highroad 75, Kaunas
April 1st - September 30th II-V: 09:00 - 17:00, VI-VII: 10:00 - 18:00, October 1st - March 31st II-VII: 09:00 - 17:00
Sugihara House
Vaižgantas St. 30, Kaunas
April 1-October 31 I-V: 10:00-17:00; VI-VII: 11:00-16:00; November 1-March 31 I-V: 11:00-15:00; VI-VII: 11:00-15:00
The Devils’ Museum
V. Putvinskio St. 64, Kaunas
II-III, V: 11:00-17:00; IV: 11:00-19:00; VI-VII: 10:00-17:00
Lithuanian Educational History Museum
Vytauto Ave. 52, Kaunas
II, IV-V: 9:00-18:00; III: 9:00-20:00; VI: 10:00-17:00
