In the second part we will visit two another townships near Druskininkai - Leipalingis and Veisiejai




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Those photos are called "Postcards from Berlin" . They show photos done in Berlin in 1989 and 2009 from the same position. This is also my dream: to prepare a collection of photos done from the same place in Kaunas in different years ...

Anyway Berlin probably is the city which changed most in Europe during last twenty years.

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Druskininkai is rather popular place and deserves not so small number of reports by travelers in Internet. But the neighboring areas of Druskininkai (except park Grūtas) are virtually unoticed :) So I decided to correct this injustice and to prepare several reports about places near Druskininkai. First report is devoted to the township Merkinė and village Liškiava:




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This weak was very domestic to me :) At the end of week will devote one more local report :) After several years of repairs and maintenance works life returned to the Kaunas railway station:



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The construction of Kaunas universal arena. The same place in 2008-11-25 and 2009-11-25:

2008-11-25



Next photo on 2010-11-25 :)))

2009-11-25

Baroque era left many works of Italian architects in Vilnius and other parts of Lithuania. But could soviet era and particularly first post-WWII decade to leave Italian architect works here ? It is strange, but yes !



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It's time to finish my reports about Malbork castle. This time about military art and some not so bright moments in the history of the castle.

In this part about Marienburg castle I will pay attention to the interiors and technological advances of the Middle Ages :)



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It is impossible to begin speak about Malbork and do not speak about the Castle. In the next report I will try to pay attention to technological advances achieved in this castle but at first only some views:

Malbork is known worldwide from it's castle. But besides the castle is town with nearly 40 000 residents these days. So let's make several chaotic glimpses to the town:



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Many people know castle of Malbork (Marienburg) - former capital of Teutonic order and the largest brick castle in the world. But not far away from Malbork is the second largest Teutonic castle - Marienwerder. This castle is also extremely impressive and has some original details also:



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These are two unrealized projects from Lithuania. Both are relatively impressive and even in some sense exotic. But looking to them I  have the feeling that it isn't bad taht they weren't realized ...

First is the first project of Christ Resurrection church in Kaunas (1929, arch. Karolis Reisonas (or Karlis Reisons by birth)). The same architect prepared the project for the church which has been realized (years of construction 1934-2005 :))) but this project was entirely different.




Another project is the LSSR Government palace in Vilnius (1951, arch. V. Afanasyev). This palace could be impressive building but it isn't original one in my opinion.


So sometimes it isn't bad that some buildings weren't built ...

Second and the last report about Chelmno



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Chelmno - town in Mazovia - which left deep sign in our history. In the middle ages it was better known for it's name Latin form - Culm. In this town I unexpectedly found traces of the king Mindaugas crown.



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Small report about two townships near Anykščiai - Troškūnai and Kavarskas



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Trying to keep some geographical contingency I will post report about two baroque villages near Rokiškis. They are called Jūžintai and Antalieptė (church in Antalieptė on photo):



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Some unexpected to me information about unknown general plan of Vilnius:



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Today is my second part of the report about Rokiškis:




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First of the reports about Rokiškis which is district center in north eastern Lithuania and the former manor of Tyzenhauzs:




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Last part of my reports about Anykščiai. In this part we will go to the northern part of this town:



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