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  • Lithuania: the uncertain fate of Soviet architecture in Vilnius

    Tanguy MARTIGNOLLES*
    02/09/2022Lithuania: the uncertain fate of Soviet architecture in Vilnius
    Adored or hated, Soviet architecture is one of the vital components of the urbanism of Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. Suppose the question of its preservation has long been posed at the individual level. In that case, the debate on a national and media scale is a more recent phenomenon, which deserves to be understood under the economic, political, and memorial prisms. The architecture of a city, far from being neutral, is an ideological and identity message. It informs us how ...
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