Freedom Avenue (Lith. Laisv\u0117s al\u0117ja) is the most important artery of Kaunas\u2019 city centre. In 1919, on the occasion of Lithuania\u2019s declaration of independence, it acquired the name of Freedom.<\/p>\n
Its paving, which was laid down between 1970-1982, is now gradually being replaced. The paving, that gave a unique character to this main street of the city, although installed during the Soviet occupation, or perhaps because of it, became for many citizens and guests of Kaunas inextricably linked with Freedom Avenue itself as the symbol of freedom and certain manifestations of \u201cindependent\u201d life, including the 1972 youth protests in Kaunas, and \u201cled\u201d to Lithuania\u2019s independence.<\/p>\n
The reconstruction of Freedom Avenue which is taking place at the moment has led to a lot of discussions about the value and historical significance of the old paving. Is it important for only one generation and certain groups of people as an artefact that evokes nostalgia for their youth? Is it an asset, part of the city\u2019s heritage that is worthy of preservation as an important piece of the city\u2019s history?<\/p>\n
Dainius Li\u0161kevi\u010dius Freedom Avenue (Lith. Laisv\u0117s al\u0117ja) is the most important artery of Kaunas\u2019 city centre. In 1919, on the occasion of Lithuania\u2019s declaration of independence, it acquired the name of Freedom. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bienale.lt\/2025\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bienale.lt\/2025\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bienale.lt\/2025\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bienale.lt\/2025\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bienale.lt\/2025\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bienale.lt\/2025\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bienale.lt\/2025\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bienale.lt\/2025\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bienale.lt\/2025\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bienale.lt\/2025\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nLaisv\u0117s al\u0117ja \/ Freedom Avenue. 2017
\nPavement outside Savanori\u0173 pr. 225, Kaunas
\nKaunas City Museum, Rotu\u0161\u0117s a. 15, Kaunas
\nII\u2013VI 10.00\u201318.00
\nVII 10.00\u201316.00
\nPaving slabs
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