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Juozas Tumas - Vaižgantas

Malaišiai 1869 - Kaunas 1933
Lithuanian writer, Roman Catholic priest, social activist, literary historian, and one of the founders of the Party of National Progress
(Wikipedia)

Virginija Babušytė-Venckūnienė
1999

Description

Black stone plaque with bronze relief portrait.

Inscription(s)

šiame name
1920–1932m.
gyveno
rašytojas
kanauninkas
dr. JUOZAS TUMAS-
VAIŽGANTAS

In this house,
from 1920-1932,
lived
the writer
Canon
dr. JUOZAS TUMAS-
VAIŽGANTAS

Annotation

The first plaque of 1968 was stolen.

Sculptor

Virginija Babušytė-Venckūnienė (Kaunas 1950), Lithuanian sculptress of Kaunas (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Kauno apskrities viešoji biblioteka, Žymūs Kauno žmonės: atminimo įamžinimas

Locatie (N 54°53'42" - E 23°53'10") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: lt122; Photograph: 14 July 2013
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