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​Old Town
​City Hall Square
​Kaunas Zoo
Kaunas Botanical garden
Museums
Churches
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Laisvės av.
Kaunas funiculairs
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Kaunas modernism architecture
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Kaunas fortress
​Pažaislis monastery
​Kaunas panorama view
Kaunas railway tunnel

Up to II World War part of Kaunas inhabitants were Jews. There left old Jews cemetery: Vilijampole (begining of XVIII century) , Žaliakalnis (XIX century), Panemune (from XVII century,  only 3 gravestones are visible). Cemetery are open for visitors.
Lithuanian-Jewish painter Yakov Messenblum [Jacques Missene] is buried in Žaliakalnis cemetery.

More info about Lithuanian Jewish artists.
Panemune old Jews cemetery remains
Former Kaunas Jews Ghetto 
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