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Respublikas gatvė 21
(J. Masiulio Knygynas - J. Masiulis' Bookshop)

Juozas Masiulis

Prastavonių 1864 - Panevėžys 1940
Book smuggler, opened in 1905 his own bookstore in Panevėžys

Vidmantas Žigas
2005

Description

Two red granite plaques with bronze reliefs.

Inscription(s)

	[relief with the bookshop's logo and the dates 1904-2004] knygnešys juozas masiulis 1864 - 1940	Book smuggler Juozas Masiulis 1864 - 1940

	[portrait with signature J. Masiulis] pirmojo lietuviško knygyno panevėžyje steigėjas 1905 m.	Founder of Lithuania's first bookstore in Panevėžys in 1905

Annotation

De upper plaque of the 100th anniversary of the bookshop is also found in Vilnius and probably Kaunas.
The plaques are unveiled by Masiulis' granddaughter Karolina Masiulytė-Paliulienė in june 2005.

Sculptor

Vidmantas Žigas, Lithuanian designer and sculptor.

Sources & Information

Paminklai Lietuvos Knygnešiams ir Daraktoriams, Juozas Masiulis.
Bernardinai, Virginija Januševičienė. Šimtmečio jubiliejų knygynas paminėjo knyga ir spektakliu.

Locatie (N 55°43'48" - E 24°21'34") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: lt172; Photograph: 15 July 2013
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