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Thursday night, many honorable people and curious townspeople gathered at Kaunas Castle. On the eve of the National Day, they became witnesses of the historic moment – the sculpture of Vytis was solemnly presented as a gift on the occasion of the centenary of our state.
Among 400 guests – the guardians of the Vytis project – President Valdas Adamkus, Archbishop of Kaunas Lionginas Virbalas, Mayor of Kaunas Visvaldas Matijošaitis, sculptor authors, representatives of the Vytis Support Fund, sponsors of cities and / or national cities
One of the authors of the sculptor Arūnas Sakalauskas revealed during the solemn ceremony a secret that was hidden from the public in a special way.
"Raitel's face is the face of Romuald Kalantė and I wanted to save that surprise until then," he said.
"Our success has become the success of all Lithuania.It is the best gift for Lithuania celebrating the centenary.The people of Kaunas, like a fist with their feet together, has proved that it is possible to do even what seems impossible, "said V. Matijošaitis at the ceremony
" Vytis is a beautiful link between our history, 100 years and 1000. Vytis is a symbol that unites all ages. It's not for nothing that atheists have always tried to drive Vyt out of people's memory, history books, it unites, unites and enlightens people, let Vytis unite us all in Kaunas, Lithuania and around the world ", – during the presentation of Vytautas, the guardian of the initiative V. Adamkus
At the end of the speech a photo was taken of the 15th century. the canon and the official opening of the sculpture have been announced. Gunfire flew for brave defenders and Lithuanian liberation soldiers.
Next, three large planes floated above the crowds of people gathered to unleash the Lithuanian trilogy of smoke. The Kaunas hot air balloon, which will rise to the sky, is slowly exploding. This balloon is decorated with the inscription "Kaunas Grows".
Journey to Kaunas
The Freedom Warrior was almost seven meters tall and was sunk in Ukraine. About a week ago, a bronze rider with a horse was placed at Kaunas Castle on a granite pedestal
The authors of the sculpture are Lithuanians A. Sakalauskas and two Ukrainians Boris Krylov and Olesius Sidoruk
After reaching the Kaunas sculpture
A.Sakalauskas told the portal kauno.diena.lt that he simply enjoys it as emotions that no matter who wants to express what the right is to say. However, he argued that the other two authors, Ukrainian colleagues Boris Krylov and Olesj Sidoruk, responded much more sensitively to the meetings related to sculpture.
Moreover, Kaunas's spectacular artistic work had to exceed more than a thousand kilometers. A sculpture of nearly seven meters high and 3.7 tons was completed divided into two parts. The rampart was placed on a platform on the side, the rest was on the other with the first unitary platform loaded by the tractor
The unveiling ceremony of "Freedom Warrior "will be accompanied by the concert" The Castle of the Castle "
The original idea of the emergence of the sculpture began at Vruma in the past, as the publicists were more concerned about the idea of impressing the restoration of the Lithuanian State (19659003). We did not think about it. in Vyta. "Vilius Kavaliauskas, director of the Vytis Foundation
While discussing the monument that should adorn the square of Lukiškės, as the square itself should look like, the publicists were infected with the idea of Vytis . It sparkled when President Valdas Adamkus gave the Japanese Emperor a small Vyt volumetric memory, made in accordance with the heraldic requirements. The idea of the future "Vytis" support fund became even stronger when several patriotic organizations approached the president with the same idea of building Vyt.
"We saw that the government was not very supportive of this idea. The gathering of people decided to do what the power does not have, "said V. Kavaliauskas, about the birth of the Vytis Support Fund.
The" Freedom Warrior "project was won by The Foundation hoped that it would be possible to build it on Lukiškės Square. "However, we saw that the process of Lukiškės Square has completely stopped, it began to shrink. V. Adamkus, who is a flag of the Vytis Foundation, says: if we do not want it, why are we here? Kaunas also lends – it is the spiritual capital of Lithuania, there is the Statue of Liberty, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the Church of the Resurrection. I just had to fill up with gasoline, go to Kaunas and meet the mayor. I am happy that he immediately realized that Vytis is a symbol that really corresponds to this ambitious and bright city. He went to the community of the city, "said V.Kavaliauskas.
He said he was amazed at the concentration of such a community and the same sensitivity, the support of the people of Kaunas and the rest of the world. And not only moral.
The idea of the emergence of Vytis in Kaunas has already contributed to about a thousand and a half individuals and several dozens of companies.
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