#DrBasanavičiusIsBACK
So, ladies and gentlemen, girls and boys, finally Dr Jonas Basanavičius is back in town!
Yesterday, on November 23, the inauguration of the monument to Jonas Basanavicius took place. It was the 167th birthday of our father of the nation.
The monument is erected in the front of The National Philharmonic on Ausros Vartu street and the square, where the monument stands, optained the name of Jonas Basanavicius.
The President Dalia Grybauskaitė is delivering a speech
The President Valdas Adamkus is delivering a speech
The architect Gediminas Piekuras is delivering a speech
The moment of inauguration
of the monument to Dr. Jonas Basanavicius.
Kur giria žaliuoja is performed by the Ažuoliukas Choir
Some facts and numbers:
1) the project derived from its original schedule for six months
2) the price of the works of the preparation of the square - 500 thousand eur.
3) the price of the monument itself - 100 thousand eur
4) the height og the monument - about 3 metres, the pedestal - about 0,5 metres
Some thoughts before the inauguaration came on Embrace yourself, Basanavicius is coming back to town!
The genesis of the idea to erect the monument was on post from Day 60.
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