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Kaunas Modernist Architecture
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Kaunas_Modernist_Architecture
GPTKB entity
Statements (34)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
architectural style
gptkbp:characteristic
geometric forms
minimal ornamentation
functional design
use of reinforced concrete
gptkbp:conservationEfforts
gptkb:Kaunas_2022_European_Capital_of_Culture
gptkbp:country
gptkb:Lithuania
gptkbp:heritageStatus
gptkb:UNESCO_World_Heritage_Site_(2023)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Kaunas Modernist Architecture
gptkbp:influencedBy
gptkb:Bauhaus
gptkb:Art_Deco
gptkb:International_Style
gptkbp:locatedIn
gptkb:Kaunas
gptkbp:notableDesigner
gptkb:Arnas_Funkas
gptkb:Feliksas_Vizbaras
gptkb:Stasys_Kudokas
gptkb:Vytautas_Landsbergis-Žemkalnis
gptkb:Vladimiras_Dubeneckis
gptkbp:notableExample
gptkb:Bank_of_Lithuania_building_in_Kaunas
gptkb:Central_Post_Office_of_Kaunas
gptkb:Kaunas_State_Philharmonic
gptkb:Romuva_Cinema
gptkb:Žaliakalnis_Funicular
gptkb:Vytautas_the_Great_War_Museum
gptkbp:period
1919–1939
gptkbp:relatedEvent
Kaunas as temporary capital of Lithuania (1919–1940)
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:European_Modernism
gptkbp:significance
represents interwar optimism
symbol of Lithuanian independence
unique example of modernism in Eastern Europe
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite
gptkb:Modernist_Kaunas:_Architecture_of_Optimism,_1919–1939
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Kaunas_Town_Hall
gptkb:Cultural_Heritage_of_Lithuania
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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