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    2. namir0 on

      Disgraced mayor trying to put up shiny toys / symbols to win over people. Populism kinda

    6. West-History-4919 on

      its a mirror Taurus. Taurus is Kaunas‘ symbol. and mirror is a thing that you can see yourself in.

    13. Pakapuka on

      I’ll paste my earlier comment on similar post:

      The legend tells that Lithuanian duke and his warriors were hunting in the forest where two big rivers (Nemunas and Neris) meet. The hunt was successful and they stabed a huge aurochs with a spear. Aurochses were considered to be rulers of the forests, therefore it was a big deal to get one.

      When hunters got to the injured beast they saw that tree twigs in between his horns formed a cross. Hunters thought that this was a sign from above and got scared that gods were angry with them. They decided to sacrifice the beast in the place where two rivers meet to please the gods and burned it on the oak wood fire (oaks were saint trees in our old pagan religion).

      Later in this place Kaunas castle was built and Kaunas city formed arround it. The aurox with the cross between his horns is our city symbol to this day.

      The sculpture was built because it got chosen by “Kauno akcentai” initiative. Basically any artist can think of something to decorate city and write a project for it. If the project is chosen it gets permisions and funding.

    14. Samarietis on

      This is the best 170k euro that Kaunas has ever spent. I love it so mutch. The most beutifull representation of our city.

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