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Liudas Vaineikis

Svirpliai 1869 - Kaunas 1938
Lithuanian physician and notable member of the Knygnešiai book smuggling movement during the Lithuanian press ban (1864-1904)
(Wikipedia)

Jonas Jagėla
1989

Description

Bronze bust. Liudas' wife Stasė Vaineikien#279;-Paulauskait#279; (1884-1946) was known as writer.

Inscription(s)

LIUDAS
VAINEIKIS

Close to the bust is the following memorial plaque:

čia buvusiame name
1897-1941 m. su pertraukomis gyveno

kultūros veikėjas, gydytojas
LIUDAS VAINEIKIS
ir rašytoją
STASĖ VAINEIKIENĖ

Here stood the house
where from 1897-1941 from time to time lived

the cultural leader and physician
LIUDAS VAINEIKIS
and the writer
STASĖ VAINEIKIENĖ

Signature

j. jagėla

Sculptor

Jonas Jagėla (1945), Lithuanian sculptor.

Locatie (N 55°54'49" - E 21°3'52") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: lt217; Photograph: 16 July 2013
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