Statues - Hither & Thither

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Miesto sodas
(City Garden)

Antanas Kučingis

Mauručiai 1899 - Kaunas 1983
Lithuanian singer (baritone), army officer, military topographer, a political prisoner
(Wikipedia)

Stasys Žirgulis
1999

Description

Bronze bust on a red granite column.

Inscription(s)

ANTANAS
KUČINGIS

Miesto sodas - City Garden

In the City Garden between the Laisvės alėja and the Musical Theatre are eight busts of composer and singers:

Česlovas Sasnauskas, by Antanas Aleksandravičius, 1933.
Mikas Petrauskas, by Bronius Pundzius, 1939.
Juozas Gruodis, by Konstantinas Bogdanas, 1984.
Kipras Petrauskas, by Leonas Strioga, 1985.
Stasys Šimkus, by Mindaugas Šnipas, 1987.
Juozas Naujalis, by Mindaugas Šnipas, 1989.
Antanas Kučingis, by Stasys Žirgulis, 1999.
Jeronimas Kačinskas, by Algimantas Šlapikas, 2007.

Sculptor

Stasys Žirgulis (Radviliškis 1944), Lithuanian sculptor (Website).

Sources & Information

Kauno apskrities viešoji biblioteka, Žymūs Kauno žmonės: atminimo įamžinimas

Locatie (N 54°53'48" - E 23°54'23") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: lt100; Photograph: 14 July 2013
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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