The Lithuanian Independence Monument was built in 1930, during the activities of the Salakas Nationalist Union. The author of the monument is a professional sculptor. Max (Mordechai) Farbmann. The monument erected in 1930 (5.31 m high, 4.64 m wide) is characterized by the fact that it consists of a platform - foundation, a rectangular pedestal - plinth, on which a rectangular, upward-pointing obelisk is built. Near the obelisk are figures of a boy with a torch (height 222 cm, circumference about 80 cm) and a woman (141 cm high and 80 cm in diameter). The cast concrete pedestal of the monument has a step at the top and a rectangular niche in the southwest facade 48 cm long, 35 cm wide, 116 cm high. A granite slab with the inscription "IN THE NAME OF THAT LITHUANIAN UNITY, MAY IT BECOME A KING. / V. KUDIRKA" is embedded in the southwestern niche of the monument's facade.

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Location: Utena County, Lithuania

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