Martynas

Hello! My name is Martynas

Presented by Matrynas Bacevičius 2013 11 05 Kaunas, Lithuania

I and my activity Im 14 years old and I live in Kaunas. I am at 8 grade

at music school and “Vyturys” school. I am proffesional pianist.

I’ve won “Grand Prix” in Italy and three first places in Germany and a lot of more.

In golf, I’ve won Third places three times.

My hobbies I construct “Lego” bricks I like fishing I play the piano I like skiing I love playing football I realy like playing basketball I like play computer game

“Minecraft” I like riding bicycle I love playing golf

My school I study at Kaunas “Vyturys“ school. Only this school, works the purposeful arts

education programs and poverty with music. My school building in three high. It has sport stadium.

The history of KaunasKaunas was first mentioned in written sources in 1361

in the chronicle of Wigand of Marburg, when the Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights isued an order to gather information about castle, built on the bank of the Neris River, as preparation for an assault.

The rise and prosperity of Kaunas are associated with the river waterways, which were an important trade artery for the Vikings during the 8th to 12th centuries.

KaunasKaunas is the second largest city in Lithuania, located in

the centre of country at the confluence of the two largest Lithuanian rivers, the Nemunas and the Neris, surrounded by the hills of Žaliakalnis (literally: Green Hill), Aleksotas and Šilainiai.

The hart of Kaunas city is Laisvės alėja (literally: Liberty avenue)- one of the longest pedestrian streets in Europe (1621 meters- long)

Town Hall One of the symbols of Kaunas

city is the Town Hall often called the White Swan because of its white colour and graceful forms.

It was the most ornate Town Hall in the territory of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

It construction began in 1542. The Town Hall is now the

Wedding Palace with the exhibition of the Museum of Ceramics in the basemant.

The Old Town of Kaunas

The Gothic and Renaissance buildings are the greatest adornment of the city and the impressive complexes of Baroque Architecture buildings have become centres of attraction within the city’s surroundings.

The old town of Kaunas has retained the structure of a medieval city.

The oldest public tranportation in Kaunas is the horse- drawn tram line from Town Hall to the railway station began in 1887.

The oldest buildingsThe architectural monuments are situated around the

Town Hall: St. Francis Xavier (Jesuit) Church with the

monastery buildings Merchant’s houses Post office The old city chemist’s shop Zabiela family houseThe buildings are full of love, patriotism and life

stories.

Basketball club “Žalgiris”

Kaunas is a cradle of basketball. BC “Žalgiris” from Kaunas is the oldest and the most successful men’s basketball club in Lithuania.

The very first official basketball game in Kaunas was held in 1922 and the sports became extremely popular when Lithuanian won the European basketball championship held in Riga in 1937.

The best basketball players in “Žalgiris”

Arvydas Sabonis, the brightest basketball star in Lithuania played for “Žalgiris”. Also played:

Saulius Štombergas Valdemaras Chomičius Rimas Kurtinaitis Sergėjus Jovaiša Eurelijus Žukauskas Gintaras Einikis Algirdas Brazys Dainius Šalenga

Basketball stadiums Kaunas Sports Hall was built in 1939 and it’s the

first arena in Europe built specially for basketball. The new “Žalgiris” Arena, built for the 2011

European Basketball Championship, is the largest indoor arena in the Baltic States.

Beautiful sky above Kaunas

Photo Martynas Bacevičius

LithuaniaLithuania was first mentioned in 1009 in Qedlinburg

annals. Mindaugas became the Grand Duke of Lithuania at about 1240 and was baptised with his family in 1253.  At the end of XIVth - and the beginnning of the XV century Lithuania became one of the most powerful states in the Eastern Europe.

Trip with the classLast summer I’ve been to Molėtai with my class.

We’ve been to Observatory of celestial bodies observation. We saw a real meteorit and a lot of ancient teleskope’s.

The sky was cloudy so we couldn’t see celestial bodies.

Photo Martynas Bacevičius

The inventions: Rubbee and Lit- Sat 1

Rubbe is a unique product for the electric bicycles market. It is an all-included system which can be mounted on a bicycle.

It is a friction drive module for most standard bicycles on the market.

25 km/h top speed and 25 km range make this a perfect solution for daily commuters. 

Lituanika- Sat 1 Lit-Sat 1 is a first Lithuanian satellite, built in

Kaunas univesrity of tehcnology. It will play the first Lithuanian space exploration. It conducted the first Lithuanian exploration. Test technologies developed in Lithuanian. It will test alternative energy sources in extreme

terms.

Sites that I used for information

https://www.google.lt/search?q=zalgirio+arena https://www.google.lt/search?q=arvydas+sabonis https://www.google.lt/search?q=aleksotas&source http://www.rubbee.co.uk/ https://www.google.lt/#q=lit+sat+1 http://www.fotoskrydis.lt https://www.google.lt/search?q

Thank You for your attention!

Hope to see You soon in Kaunas!Martynas Bacevičius