|
Siručiai Palace
The Maironis Lithuanian Literature Museum ( lt, Maironio lietuvių literatūros muziejus) is located in the Siručiai Palace of Kaunas, Lithuania. The place where it is established was built in 1742 by Kaunas city court foreman Simonas Sirutis and was purchased by Jonas Mačiulis-Maironis in 1909. See also * List of music museums References External links Official website of the Maironis Lithuanian Literature Museum {{authority control Museums in Kaunas Literary museums in Lithuania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siručiai Palace
The Maironis Lithuanian Literature Museum ( lt, Maironio lietuvių literatūros muziejus) is located in the Siručiai Palace of Kaunas, Lithuania. The place where it is established was built in 1742 by Kaunas city court foreman Simonas Sirutis and was purchased by Jonas Mačiulis-Maironis in 1909. See also * List of music museums References External links Official website of the Maironis Lithuanian Literature Museum {{authority control Museums in Kaunas Literary museums in Lithuania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaunas
Kaunas (; ; also see other names) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the largest city and the centre of a county in the Duchy of Trakai of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Trakai Palatinate since 1413. In the Russian Empire, it was the capital of the Kaunas Governorate from 1843 to 1915. During the interwar period, it served as the temporary capital of Lithuania, when Vilnius was seized and controlled by Poland between 1920 and 1939. During that period Kaunas was celebrated for its rich cultural and academic life, fashion, construction of countless Art Deco and Lithuanian National Romanticism architectural-style buildings as well as popular furniture, the interior design of the time, and a widespread café culture. The city interwar architecture is regarded as among the finest examples of European Art Deco and has received the European Heritage Label. It contributed to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuania
Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania shares land borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and Russia to the southwest. It has a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Sweden to the west on the Baltic Sea. Lithuania covers an area of , with a population of 2.8 million. Its capital and largest city is Vilnius; other major cities are Kaunas and Klaipėda. Lithuanians belong to the ethno-linguistic group of the Balts and speak Lithuanian language, Lithuanian, one of only a few living Baltic languages. For millennia the southeastern shores of the Baltic Sea were inhabited by various Balts, Baltic tribes. In the 1230s, Lithuanian lands were united by Mindaugas, Monarchy of Lithuania, becoming king and founding the Kingdom of Lithuania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonas Mačiulis-Maironis
Maironis (born Jonas Mačiulis, ; – 28 June 1932) was a Lithuanians, Lithuanian Roman Catholic priest and the greatest and most-known Lithuanian poet, especially of the period of the Lithuanian press ban. He was called the Bard of Lithuanian National Revival (). Maironis was active in public life. However, the Lithuanian literary historian Juozas Brazaitis writes that Maironis was not. In his poetry, he expressed the national aspirations of the Lithuanian National Revival and was highly influential in Lithuanian society and poetry. The Maironian School of thought, school in Lithuanian literature was named after him. Life Early years Jonas Mačiulis was born in manor, , , in Russian Empire, Russian-occupied Lithuania on . Maironis' parents were free peasants who maintained close relations with the polonized Lithuanian nobility. Such a social environment formed the basis of Maironis' personality, leading to his deep religiosity and loyalty to tradition, free from Atheism, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Music Museums
This worldwide list of music museums encompasses past and present museums that focus on musicians, musical instruments or other musical subjects. Argentina * – Mina Clavero * Academia Nacional del Tango de la República Argentina – Buenos Aires * – La Plata * , dedicated to The Beatles – Buenos Aires Armenia * House-Museum of Aram Khachaturian, dedicated to Aram Khachaturian – Yerevan * Charles Aznavour Museum, dedicated to Charles Aznavour – Yerevan Australia * National Film and Sound Archive – Acton, Australian Capital Territory * Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute – Adelaide, South Australia * National Library of Australia – Canberra, Australian Capital Territory * Australian Country Music Hall of Fame – Tamworth, New South Wales * Slim Dusty Centre – Kempsey, New South Wales * Grainger Museum, dedicated to Percy Grainger – University of Melbourne, Victoria * Australian Performing Arts Collection – Melbourne * Arts Centre Mel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museums In Kaunas
Kaunas (; ; also see other names) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the largest city and the centre of a county in the Duchy of Trakai of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Trakai Palatinate since 1413. In the Russian Empire, it was the capital of the Kaunas Governorate from 1843 to 1915. During the interwar period, it served as the temporary capital of Lithuania, when Vilnius was seized and controlled by Poland between 1920 and 1939. During that period Kaunas was celebrated for its rich cultural and academic life, fashion, construction of countless Art Deco and Lithuanian National Romanticism architectural-style buildings as well as popular furniture, the interior design of the time, and a widespread café culture. The city interwar architecture is regarded as among the finest examples of European Art Deco and has received the European Heritage Label. It contributed to K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
