of the Kaunas city municipality and the Kaunas District Municipality. It is also the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kaunas. Kaunas is located...
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BC Žalgiris (redirect from BC Žalgiris Kaunas)
between Žalgiris Kaunas and CSKA Moscow served as a major inspiration for the Lithuanian national revival, especially when they played in Kaunas Sports Hall...
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Kaunas County (Lithuanian: Kauno apskritis) is one of ten counties of Lithuania. It is in the centre of the country, and its capital is Kaunas. On 1 July...
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Siege of Kaunas may refer to: Siege of Kaunas (1362), a 14th-century Teutonic siege of a Lithuanian castle Siege of Kaunas (1915), a World War I German...
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country, 14 km (8.7 mi) northeast of the Kaunas city centre and 100 km west from the capital Vilnius. Kaunas Airport started operations in 1988[citation...
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Žalgiris (redirect from Zalgiris Kaunas)
Žalgiris, basketball club from Kaunas founded in 1944 Žalgiris Kaunas, FBK Kaunas, association football club from Kaunas spanning 1960–2012 FK Kauno Žalgiris...
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FK Kauno Žalgiris (redirect from FK Žalgiris Kaunas)
football club based in Kaunas, Lithuania, that competes in the A lyga, the top tier of Lithuania. The club was founded as FM Spyris Kaunas in 2004, became the...
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commonly known as FBK Kaunas, was a Lithuanian football club from the city of Kaunas. Originally the team was founded in 1960 as Banga Kaunas and played its...
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The Kaunas pogrom was a massacre of Jews living in Kaunas, Lithuania, that took place on 25–29 June 1941; the first days of Operation Barbarossa and the...
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Kaunas Reservoir (Lithuanian: Kauno marios, Kaunas Lagoon, Kaunas Sea) is the largest Lithuanian artificial lake, created in 1959 by damming the Nemunas...
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The Kaunas Carillon (Lithuanian: Kauno kariljonas) is a carillon in the tower of the Vytautas the Great War Museum in Kaunas, Lithuania. The carillon officially...
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Kaunas Mosque (Lithuanian: Kauno mečetė) is the only mosque in the city and district of Kaunas, one of only four mosques in Lithuania as well as the only...
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reconstructed, and the Kaunas Cathedral Basilica was built in the early 15th century. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vilniaus Street in Kaunas. "Vilniaus...
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Kaunas Central Post Office (Lithuanian: Kauno centrinis paštas) is a former post office headquarters in Kaunas, Lithuania, which is one of the most notable...
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The Kaunas Clinics is capable of performing the most advanced surgeries, including heart transplants. Compared to other hospitals in Europe, Kaunas clinics...
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Kaunas Castle (Lithuanian: Kauno pilis) is a medieval castle in Kaunas, the second-largest city in Lithuania. Archeological evidence suggests that it was...
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Kaunas Fortress (Lithuanian: Kauno tvirtovė, Russian: Кοвенская крепость, German: Festung Kowno) is the remains of a fortress complex in Kaunas, Lithuania...
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The Kaunas urban area (known in Lithuanian as Kauno aglomeracija) is the metropolitan area of Kaunas. The metropolitan area covers two municipalities in...
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Kaunas Hockey is a professional ice hockey team located in Kaunas, Lithuania, which plays in the Lithuania Hockey League, the top tier of ice hockey in...
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Kaunas Jazz is an annual international jazz festival in Kaunas, Lithuania. It started in 1991, soon after Lithuania declared re-establishment of independence...
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Kovno Ghetto (redirect from Kaunas Ghetto)
trying to escape the burning ghetto. The Red Army occupied Kaunas on August 1, 1944. Of Kaunas' few Jewish survivors, 500 had survived in forests or in...
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The Kaunas offensive (Russian: Каунасская наступательная операция) was part of the third phase of the Byelorussian strategic offensive of the Red Army...
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Kaunas municipality can refer to either of these two municipalities in Lithuania: Kaunas Kaunas District Municipality This disambiguation page lists articles...
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city of Kaunas, Lithuania, closing the perspective of the Laisvės alėja, the main pedestrian street. It was built between 1891 and 1895 when Kaunas was part...
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HC Kaunas City is a professional ice hockey team located in Kaunas, Lithuania, which plays in the Latvian Hockey Higher League, the top tier of ice hockey...
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The Kaunas city wall (Lithuanian: Kauno miesto gynybinė siena) was a masonry defensive wall in Kaunas, an important city of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania...
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7.4 kilometres (4.6 mi) southeast of Kaunas, Lithuania. It was completed in 1960 and its dam created the Kaunas Reservoir. Owned by Ignitis Group, it...
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Bendruomenes Klubas Kaunas (Football Community Club Kaunas), commonly known as F.B.K. Kaunas, was a Lithuanian football club from the city of Kaunas. This phoenix...
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international airports include Kaunas International Airport, Palanga International Airport and Šiauliai International Airport. Kaunas International Airport is...
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Vilnius – Kaunas Railway (Lithuanian: Geležinkelis Vilnius – Kaunas) is one of the main local railways in Lithuania. This railway connects Lithuanian...
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