The Freedom Monument by sculptor Juozas Zikaras was unveiled in 1928 on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the reestablishment of the independence of Lithuania.
Later the statue was cast in bronze in Germany, and inaugurated in its current location on the tenth anniversary of Lithuanian independence. The pedestal designed by K. Reison. Marija Ramanauskaitė Statkevičienė, a student of J. Zikaras, posed for the sculpture.
In summer 1950, the monument was demolished by the orders of the Soviet government and the damaged statue was transferred to the History Museum. In 1966 sculptor Bronius Petrauskas restored the statue and it was stored in the Čiurlionis Museum. The monument was restored by architect Algimantas Sprindys and on February 16, 1989, restored to its original location in the garden of Vytautas the Great War Museum. Kaunas. Lithuania. The total height of the monument is 12,35 m.
Photogrammetry capture © Saulius Zaura www.dronepartner.lt 2021
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