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This is the one of the largest pieces of amber in the world weighing in at 3,524 grams. It has been stolen a number of times and always it has found its way home. The last time it was stolen by some really stupid thieves. They were successful at getting it out of the museum but then couldn't fence it to any one since it is so famous, they apparently hadn't thought of that. So several months later the government but out a reward for the return of the object "no questions asked" and the the thieves tried to collect! They were arrested and the gem was returned.
"Grūtas Park (unofficially known as Stalin's World; Lithuanian: Grūto parkas) is a sculpture garden of Soviet-era statues and an exposition of other Soviet ideological relics from the times of the Lithuanian SSR. Founded in 2001 by entrepreneur Viliumas Malinauskas, the park is located near Druskininkai, about 130 kilometres (81 mi) southwest of Vilnius, Lithuania."
Lietuvos sporto muziejus
Kaunas | Kauno Apskritis | LITHUANIA
Lithuanian Sports Museum was opened in 1993, to introduce visitors to the history of Lithuanian sport since its origins until the present day. The exposition contains more than 6,000 exhibits. A lot of donations were given by famous athletes and veterans of sport. Basketball, the most popular sport in Lithuania, occupies the most of the museum area. There are also exhibits from other sports such as football, handball and swimming.
Soldiers from US 2d Cavalry Regiment, Lightning Troop, take part in Lithuania Independence Day February 16 in Vilnius
KAUNAS, LITHUANIA - DECEMBER 30: Jaka Blazic, #11 of Laboral Kutxa Vitoria Gasteiz competes with Olivier Hanlan, #21 of Zalgiris Kaunas in action during the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Basketball Top 16 Round 1 game between Zalgiris Kaunas v Laboral Kutxa Vitoria Gasteiz at Zalgirio Arena on December 30, 2015 in Kaunas, Lithuania. (Photo by Alius Koroliovas/EB via Getty Images)
Klaipeda, Lithuania is the third largest city of Lithuania and the largest port city. Over the past couple of hundred years it has been controlled by the Polish, Prussians, Germans and Russians. Architecture reflects all these periods; the Russians / Soviets were the last occupier and their shadow of poverty and neglect still shows in about one-third of the buildings we saw.
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Deputy Secretary Kurt Campbell meets with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., March 25, 2024. (Official State Department photo by Freddie Everett)
Day one in the Baltics!!
Church of the Holy Spirit; In ca. 1408 Vytautas built the church of the Holy Spirit that was later expanded. In 1501 Alexander Jagiellon gave it to the Dominican Monastery, the oldest in Lithuania. In 1679-88 it was expanded and reconstructed. The walls of the church survived from that period; the interior décor was created in 1749-70, the cupola was reconstructed in 1752-60. In 1844 tsarist authorities closed the monastery down and the church became parochial. Today it serves the Vilnius Polish community.
A few years ago I set up a website about Portuguese immigration to Thetford. I wouldn't know where to start with the Lithuanian, Polish, Latvian or Slovakian waves that have arrived since.