Minor Priest Seminary (K. Paltarokas Gymnasium). Cathedral of Christ the King. Panevėžys Girls’ Gymnasium (currently, Vytautas Žemkalnis Gymnasium).

From the press of that time: “The building of the Minor Priest Seminary is modern but not luxurious, it was not completed before the first Soviet occupation. The neo-baroque façade of Christ the King’s Cathedral was designed by the initiative of the Bishop K. Paltarokas. The interior is decorated with the works of the sculptor Juozas Zikaras, painter Jonas Mackevičius. As priest Kazimieras Jasėnas wrote in 1933, “That interesting temple has not only sacral significance but is also very valuable in terms of art. No other temple has ever shown so many Lithuanian motifs”. We will also get acquainted with the prominent personality of Bishop Kazimieras Paltarokas. According to historian Arūnas Astramskas, the bishop had great authority. The only bishop left in Lithuania after the war was followed by Soviet security. We will see and hear the exclusive pneumatic organ of Panevėžys Cathedral. Panevėžys Girls’ Gymnasium, arch. V. Landsbergis-Žemkalnis, where Salomėja Nėris worked as a teacher. “The girls loved her very much, copied her manners and clothes too”, says Jūratė Gaidelienė, museum worker. We will visit Donatas in the house built by his father, the famous Panevėžys pedagogue and linguist Petras Būtėnas.