Griciupis
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Gričiupis is a neighborhood of the Lithuanian city of Kaunas
, located on the right bank of the Nemunas River
. It has elderate status, and is the smallest elderate in the city. Its administrative status as an elderate was established in 2005, when it was detached from Dainava
elderate. In 2006 its population was 34,301 in an area of 3.81 square kilometers.
The elderate of Gričiupis contains an old Jewish cemetery, 6th Fort of Kaunas Fortress
, St. Anthony of Padova Church, and the Molas Supermarket.
Kaunas
Kaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania and has historically been a leading centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the biggest city and the center of a powiat in Trakai Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1413. During Russian Empire occupation...
, located on the right bank of the Nemunas River
Neman River
Neman or Niemen or Nemunas, is a major Eastern European river rising in Belarus and flowing through Lithuania before draining into the Curonian Lagoon and then into the Baltic Sea at Klaipėda. It is the northern border between Lithuania and Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast in its lower reaches...
. It has elderate status, and is the smallest elderate in the city. Its administrative status as an elderate was established in 2005, when it was detached from Dainava
Dainava (Kaunas)
Dainava is a fairly new neighbourhood located in the north of center of Kaunas, the second largest city of Lithuania. It has an elderate status....
elderate. In 2006 its population was 34,301 in an area of 3.81 square kilometers.
The elderate of Gričiupis contains an old Jewish cemetery, 6th Fort of Kaunas Fortress
Kaunas Fortress
Kaunas Fortress is the remains of a fortress complex in Kaunas, Lithuania. It was constructed and renovated between 1882 and 1915 to protect the Russian Empire's western borders, and was designated a "first-class" fortress in 1887...
, St. Anthony of Padova Church, and the Molas Supermarket.