STATUE OF KING MINDAUGAS

In front of the New Arsenal, there is a statue of Mindaugas (1203-1263), the first grand duke of all Lithuania and the one and only Lithuanian crowned king (1253-1263). After his assassination, Lithuania lost its status as a kingdom and his successors took the title of grand dukes. The base of the statue is surrounded by symbols of the ancient Baltic calendar, which are also found in ancient writings. The statue was sculpted by Regimantas Midvikis and inaugurated in 2003, on the 750th anniversary of the coronation of Mindaugas.