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Ninth Fort
Tsarist fortress on Kaunas's outskirts used as a Nazi killing site, now a memorial and museum with a large concrete monument.
5 km · about 10 min drive
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Kaunas
Kaunas, Lithuania · Europe
About Kaunas
Kaunas is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Eiguliai, 5km from Ninth Fort.
Kaunas is in Lithuania, with about 290,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Eiguliai, about 4 km away.
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Within an hour or so of Kaunas: Ninth Fort (5 km), Pažaislis Monastery (8 km), Nemuno Žiedas (13 km).
Where is Kaunas?
Kaunas is in Kaunas, Lithuania, about 4 km from Eiguliai.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 289,380
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Lithuania
- Region
- Kaunas
- Timezone
- Europe/Vilnius
- Coordinates
- 54.9016, 23.9091
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Worth the detour from Kaunas
3 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Pažaislis Monastery
Lithuania's largest monastery ensemble and its finest Italian Baroque work, built from 1662 on a wooded peninsula in the Kaunas Reservoir: hexagonal church, frescoed cupola, and a summer music festival in the courtyards.
8 km · about 15 min drive
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Nemuno Žiedas
Lithuania's oldest circuit, built in 1960 near Kaunas and the venue for Soviet-era championship racing. Still hosts the 1000km endurance race, the biggest motorsport event in the Baltics.
13 km · about 25 min drive
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