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# Modernist Kaunas: Architecture of Optimism, 1919-1939
Kaunas · Lithuania

UNESCO cultural World Heritage, inscribed in 2023.

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## UNESCO World Heritage
Modernist Kaunas: Architecture of Optimism, 1919-1939

Cultural · Inscription: 2023

[Read the UNESCO entry ↗](https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1661/)

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