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    The House of Perkūnas is one of the most original and Gothic secular buildings, located in the Old Town of Kaunas, Lithuania. Originally built by Hanseatic...
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    the House of Perkūnas at the end of the 18th or beginning of the 19th centuries. Narbutt identified the figurines as those of Perkūnas, the god of thunder...
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    Kaunas (redirect from History of Kaunas)
    Baroque and early Classicism forms), House of Perkūnas (late 15th century – early 16th century), residential houses in the Town Hall Square, Vilnius and...
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    Adam Mickiewicz (category People of the Revolutions of 1848)
    Mickievičiaus Memorialinis Būtas-Muziejus Museum of Adam Mickiewicz in Vilnius. The House of Perkūnas in Kaunas where the school Mickiewicz attended used...
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    Vytautas' the Great Church Kaunas Cathedral Basilica Church of St. Anne House of Perkūnas St. John's Cathedral ('s-Hertogenbosch) Ridderzaal, The Hague...
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    Centras Eldership (category Neighbourhoods of Kaunas)
    Palace, House of Perkūnas, also the Kaunas Cathedral, the Church of St. Gertrude, Vytautas' church and many other churches. Great variety of museums,...
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    Flamboyant style, but realized in bricks. The House of Perkūnas was built in the mid 15th century as a trading post of the Hanseatic League and had that function...
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    of Gothic architecture, widespread in Northern Germany, Denmark, Poland and the Baltic states, is commonly identified with the sphere of influence of...
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    Old Town of Kaunas by Jesuits. The Jesuits opened their first residence in Kaunas in 1642 and established a chapel in the House of Perkūnas in 1643. Later...
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  • perpetual sacred fire dedicated to Perkūnas and fuelled by oakwood in the forests or on hilltops. Pagans believed that Perkūnas would freeze if Christians extinguished...
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