Petrašiūnai Cemetery () is Lithuania's premiere last resting place formally designated for graves of people influential in national history, politics, arts, and science.
Location Petrašiūnai Cemetery is located about south-east of the center of Kaunas, Lithuania. It covers over in a quiet area of a peninsula formed by the Neman River where its bend was widened by Kaunas Reservoir. Its name, ("of Petrašiūnai"), is based on Petrašiūnai, the borough of the City of Kaunas where it is placed.
History The construction of the cemetery began by the end of 1939, burials started in 1941, it was periodically expanded in the late 1950s and needed substantial restoration after the gale of 6 August 2010. The options for a burial at the cemetery have been formally restricted since 1972, the authorities designated it as the location where prominent people of Lithuania are buried, the last resting place of accomplished scientists, writers, artists, and politicians.
Notable graves
Vytautas Augustauskas, educator, scientist, sports organizer Saliamonas Banaitis, printer, educator, and banker; a signer of the Act of Independence of Lithuania Bernardas Brazdžionis, poet Kazys Binkis, poet Leonas Bistras, Lithuanian Prime Minister, translator, philosopher, professor Kazimieras Būga, philologist Vladimiras Dubeneckis, architect, painter Paulius Galaunė, art historian, museum curator, and graphic artist Marija Gimbutas, archeologist Algirdas Julius Greimas, philosopher, semiotician Juozas Gruodis, composer Juozas Grušas, Lithuanian playwright, writer, editor, and dramatist Jonas Jablonskis, philologist Kazimieras Jaunius, linguist Steponas Kairys, politician, engineer Petras Kalpokas, painter Petras Klimas, diplomat, historian, a signer of the Act of Independence of Lithuania Sofija Kymantaitė-Čiurlionienė, writer, literary critic Marija Lastauskienė, writer Kazys Lozoraitis, diplomat
Stasys Lozoraitis, diplomat, Foreign Minister of Lithuania from 1934 until 1938. Stasys Lozoraitis Jr. Jr., diplomat Algimantas Masiulis, actor Antanas Merkys (symbolic tombstone), Prime Minister Ričardas Mikutavičius, priest, theologian, poet Salomėja Nėris, poet Stasys Raštikis, General of the Lithuanian Army Petras Rimša, Lithuanian sculptor and medalist Česlovas Sasnauskas, composer, organist Kazys Šimonis, painter Kazys Škirpa, Lithuanian military officer and diplomat Jonas Semaška, Lithuanian military officer Mykolas Sleževičius, Lithuanian Prime Minister, lawyer Algirdas Šocikas, Lithuanian boxer Aleksandras Štromas, lawyer Ričardas Tamulis, boxer Romualdas Tumpa, actor Juozas Urbšys, diplomat Juozas Zikaras, sculptor Antanas Žmuidzinavičius, painter
See also List of cemeteries in Lithuania
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