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KAUNAS CENTRAL POST OFFICE The Kaunas Central Post Office may be considered one of the key representative buildings of the interwar period in Kaunas. The building designed at the time, when the global economic crisis had not yet gained momentum, does not only distinguish by the combination of elements of modernism and "national style" but also a rather luxurious interior.
A multi-storey building (four storeys and a basement) equipped with modern elevators, spacious operations hall, convenient working conditions (even the showers were installed for the convenience of employees), an electricity-driven clock mounted in the main facade in 1935 had become one of the key architectural highlights in the temporary capital. It is interesting that the staircase near the Kaunas Central Post Office has remained an important urban attraction. Although its importance has nowadays slowly diminished, this building still stands as a prime landmark in the Freedom avenue and a meeting place for the city’s inhabitants, who still keep saying: “let’s meet in front of the post office! ARCHITECT:
Feliksas Vizbaras
"National style", Functionalism / Modenism
YESRS:
1930-1932
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