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Aistė Smilgevičiūtė
Aistė Smilgevičiūtė (born 29 October 1977) is a Lithuanian singer. She performs folk music, jazz, pop rock and other kinds of alternative music. Since 1996, Smilgevičiūtė has been a member of the music band " Skylė". Smilgevičiūtė was born in Plungė, and graduated in Classical Philology from Vilnius University. Smilgevičiūtė participated as a Lithuanian contestant in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, held in Israel, singing a modern folk song, " Strazdas" ("Song Thrush"), in the Samogitian dialect. This song finished in 20th place in the competition, with 13 points. Discography *''Aistė po vandeniu'' (''Aistė Under Water'', 1996) *''Sakmė apie laumę Martyną'' (''Tale About Pixie Martyna'', 1996) *''Strazdas'' (''Thrush'', 1999, single) *''Tavo žvaigždė'' (''Your Star'', 2000, single) *''Babilonas'' (''Babylon'', 2000) *''Užupio himnas'' (''Hymn of Užupis Užupis ( yi, זארעטשע, be, Зарэчча, russian: Заречье, pl, Zarzecze) is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plungė
Plungė (; Samogitian: ''Plongė'') is a city in Lithuania with 17,252 inhabitants. Plungė is known for Plungė Manor and its park, Samogitian Art Museum. In the Oginskiai manor park stands the Perkūnas oak a natural monument. The Lourdes of Plungė was created in 1905 and attracts visitors to this day. In the center of Plungė stands a monument for the 10th anniversary of regaining the independence of Lithuania and a sculpture of Saint Florian built by the Lithuanian book carrier Kazys Barzdys. It has a crab stick factory which exports to many countries in Europe. History It is thought that the territory in which Plungė is situated was inhabited in 5th–1st centuries BC. After the Treaty of Melno country seats were established in the forests of Samogitia. From the 14th century to the middle of the 16th century, Plungė was a part of Gandinga district as an ordinary settlement. Later, the population of Plungė started to grow faster and surpassed the population of G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
