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Historical Presidential Palace, Kaunas

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rule, the palace underwent further alterations and the size of the garden was reduced, while some adjacent buildings were demolished. On the first floor, some interior walls were removed to make way for a movie theater. Later it was converted to the Kaunas teacher's headquarters, and hosted teacher's
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of 1926, and a turn towards authoritarian regime. The garden was surrounded by a cast-iron fence that has survived to this day. The palace served as the presidential residence until 1940, when Lithuania again lost its independence. In the face of imminent Soviet occupation, the
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was added. In 1866, a garden was also laid out in front of the building. Two years later, additional structures were built nearby, and the building was acquired by the
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designed structure with seven rooms on the first floor, and nine rooms on the second floor. Shortly afterwards the building was expanded and another
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A typewriter with the substitution cipher function, used by various institutions of Lithuanian Army and Diplomatic missions in 1930s
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Today, the palace is used by the city and the state. There was a suggestion that the palace should become a branch of the
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in 1918, and at that time the building became the property of the Lithuanian government. After Lithuania's capital,
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in Vilnius, but this suggestion has been rejected. Since 2005, the building has been a part of the
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Mirrors room near the primary meeting room with the inter-war Presidents of Lithuania
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Currently, the palace features several exhibitions dedicated to former presidents
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Presidential umbrella with monogram A. S., plate with Antanas Smetona picture,
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received authorization to build the two-story edifice. The project featured a
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Models of medals commemorating the first year of the Lithuania's independence
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official residence. The building witnessed a crisis of parliamentarism, the
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of Lithuania took place here on the night from June 14 to 15 of 1940.
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In 1989, the administration of the palace was transferred to the
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Primary meeting room with the inter-war Presidents of Lithuania
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Primary meeting room with the inter-war Presidents of Lithuania
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Primary meeting room with the inter-war Presidents of Lithuania
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The original palace was constructed on in 1846, when a local
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briefly stayed in the palace in 1915 while visiting the
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speaking from the balcony of the Presidential Palace
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Index


Lithuanian
Neo-baroque
Old Town
Kaunas
Lithuania
interwar years
M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum

Antanas Smetona

Kazys Grinius

Antanas Smetona
aristocrat
symmetrically
portal
Russian
Kovno Governor
World War I
Kaiser
Wilhelm II
Eastern front
proclaimed its independence
Vilnius
Poland
temporary capital
Presidential Palace
Lithuanian president's
Coup d’État

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