Sculpture "Three Birds"
Draugystes Str. 25, next to Siauliai Hotel There is a composition of sculptures entitled Three Birds on the lawn in front of Siauliai Hotel. As you walk around the sculptures, one can see them from a different angle. The plastic lines change and create an impression of movement. The birds turn and flap their wings. They are about to spread their powerful wings. The author of the sculpture: K. Kasperavicius (1981). Fountain Rude
The intersection of Rudes Str. and Vilniaus Str. Its small brown-colored dome symbolizes the rivulet that used to flow here. As the time passed, the rivulet was covered and flowed under the ground along the street that bears its name. The fountain was equipped at the intersection of Vilnius Str. and Rudes Str. in 1986, when the city was getting ready for its 750th jubilee. It took quite a lot of effort to tame the rapid rivulet, but now we can see a fountain decorated with strange old-style carvings. The author of the sculpture: K. Kasperavicius.
Sculpture "Pelicans"
The intersection of Vilniaus Str. and Tilzes Str. A fountain and a sculpture under the same name, Pelicans, were erected in 1978 and reconstructed in 2003. Most passers-by might wonder how such exotic birds as pelicans came to Siauliai. The story is simple: once upon a time, a pair of pelicans failed to keep pace with the flock. They took a wrong direction and headed north instead of south. When flying over Siauliai, they landed to quench their thirst with water from a pool. An evil sorceress turned them into stones. The authoress of the sculpture: B. Kasperaviciene. Sculpture "Motherhood"
The intersection of Vilniaus Str. and Kastonu Alley The idea of the decorative sculpture Motherhood took quite a few years to mature. The sculpture stands in Vilnius Str., in front of Kastonu Alley. A mother with a baby in her lap is an intimate scene, hidden from the eyes of strangers. Motherhood embodies the everyday and eternal relation between the mother and her child. The author of the sculpture: A. Toleikis (1979). Sculpture "Three Trolls"
The intersection of Vilniaus Str. and Kastonu Alley When white candles of blossoms light on the chestnut trees standing along the alley named after them, the three trolls come to life and shine with pride. The bearded shorties look serious, but their seriousness radiates kindness, and they remind one of the kindly trolls from Scandinavian myths. The sculpture of the figurines carved from white marble was created in 1977 by B. Kasperaviciene.
Sculpture "Dawn"
The intersection of Ausros alley and Kastonu Alley A new sculpture entitled Dawn by D. Matulaite was erected quite recently. The idea that was born two decades ago and received quite opposing opinion became a reality in 2003. The sculpture symbolizes the Ausra (Dawn) Movement a political and literary group of Lithuanian intellectuals of the 1880s - 1890s. They used to publish a magazine called Ausra (1883-1886), and the organization was named after it.
Sculpture "A grandfather with his grandchildren"
Tilzes str.-Prisikelimo Sq. In one of the miniature public gardens of Prisikelimo Sq., in the shadow of tall trees, there stands a group of sculptures called A Grandfather with His Grandchildren, which was created in 1976 by B. Kasperaviciene. You can see three lovely children sitting on their grandfather's knee while he is having a rest. The grandfather finds neither the burden of his age nor that of his grandchildren too heavy. The sculpture entered into the list of Lithuania's cultural monuments as a monument of arts of local significance. The group of sculptures A Grandfather with His Grandchildren radiates human warmth and friendliness.
Sculpture "A reading man"
Tilzes str. 151, next to the Drama Theatre The sculpture entitled A Reading Man erected in 1983. The man of the old times, who is standing on a cobbled pavement, is not just an ordinary person he can read. Elderly residents of Siauliai may find his silhouette slightly familiar. A Reading Man has come from the old press of Siauliai: the same hand raised his eyeglasses, the same irony. Now it minds of the old times when Siauliai was a major centre of press, that it has a few printing shops, and that not far from place where the sculpture now stands well-known A. Jakavicius' bookshop was situated. The author of the sculpture is H. Orakauskas
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