During the Soviet era, when foreign tourists would be taken from Vilnius to Kaunas on the motorway, Žiežmariai were shown to them through the bus window. Therefore, two-storey houses were specially built there to convince tourists that everybody was very wealthy, it was like entire Potemkin villages.
Project Idea
What if we called travellers archigrims? This time your travel luggage is the Lithuanian national broadcaster’s (LRT) TV series „Stop juosta“ (“Stop Line”): together with the experts, not only we will explore, touch, learn about architecture and heritage but also sometimes slip through boarded-up doors or windows... Some buildings are gone... This is the message of the European modernist heritage of the beginning of the 20th century to a modern man. Modernism is a dialogue between cultures, search for identity, guarantee of success and progress. In the interwar period, not only Lithuania but also neighbouring countries - Poland, Latvia, and Belarus – were emerging. The new tourist routes will be interesting to find similarities and differences between these processes. Let’s travel together - hear, see, and experience.
