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From the press of the time: “There are dirty cities in Lithuania, there are beautiful ones, and there are sweet cities against which sweet love, sweet songs and all the sweets must surrender”.

In the interwar period, the Kazlų rūda - Šeštokai railway line was built and an early modern railway station was opened. First sugar factory in Lithuania. Sugar beet cultivation is one of the achievements of the Vailokaitis brothers, who brought seeds from abroad and set up a beet research laboratory. The press of that time writing about Marijampolė Hospital stated that it was one of the largest and most modern hospitals in Lithuania. A night there cost from 4 to 15 litas. The parish house of St Michael the Archangel in Marijampolė; currently it is the Marijampolė Drama Theatre. The home of the Vilkaviškis Diocese Priests’ Society, where elderly clergy used to spend their days. Vytautas Landsbergis-Žemkalnis, who at the time had just returned from his studies in Italy, designed the building. During the Soviet era, it was the headquarters of the NKVD.

What people say
from the eye and from the heart
Assoc Prof Dr Kastytis Antanaitis,
a historian, VMU
Lithuania should erect a golden monument to the potato and not to the sugar beet because when the potato was introduced, the famine years ended in Lithuania.
Assoc Prof Dr Marija Drėmaitė,
architectural historian, Vilnius University
Many of the advertisements during the interwar period encouraged people to consume as much sugar as possible, telling them that sugar is good for strength, health, and particularly beneficial for children and young people.
Assoc Prof Dr Kastytis Antanaitis,
historian, VMU
This city garden is interesting because of its representation of Sudovian frugality. When electricity was being installed here, people came up with an idea that there was no need to put up electricity poles because there were trees already and all of the wires could be run from tree to tree.
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