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“Lithuanian Landmarks in the USA” book

We have published two books - guides to the Lithuanian heritage sites in America!

Our first book is dedicated to the Lithuanian Landmarks in the USA.

Our second book is about Lithuanian Landmarks in Latin America.

About the 1st book "Lithuanian Landmarks in the USA"

Lithuanian-Americans built over 100 Lithuanian churches, 50 Lithuanian cemeteries, and erected over 150 Lithuanian monuments in the USA. They also established substantial Lithuanian museums, convents, and clubs. Some of the world's most important Lithuanians are buried in the USA, and have streets named in their honor.

Visitors are amazed by these unique sites due to their size, opulence, and historical importance! Grand Lithuanian-American churches have become major landmarks.

Some Lithuanian-American clubs are older than the Republic of Lithuania itself. The Modern Lithuanian architectural style created by Lithuanian-American architects is unique, having no counterparts in either Lithuania or the USA.

Over the course of 7 years, authors Augustinas Žemaitis and Aistė Žemaitienė drove more than 34,000 miles across North America, visiting, mapping, and photographing each and every Lithuanian heritage site, and learning their stories.

With almost 1000 of their best photos, 14 maps, and many pages of information, this album-atlas aims to describe the entire grandeur of "Lithuanian America"!

In order to buy the book, please contact Aistė Žemaitienė at aiste.zemaitiene@gmail.com.

What do the readers say about this book

"This book serves as a travel guide for everyone of Lithuanian ancestry in their journeys around the USA!"

Danius Glinskis, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Lithuanian Alliance in America

"Fantastic and one-of-a-kind compilation of Lithuanian heritage sites in America. A must have book for all Lithuanians and non-Lithuanians!"

Vilius Žalpys, leading restorer of Lithuanian-American cemeteries

"This album-atlas, which is based on actual field trips, will undoubtedly expand the horizons for the researchers studying Lithuanian diaspora heritage!"

Liutauras Nekrošius, architect, PhD at VILNIUS TECH

About the 2nd book "Lithuanian Landmarks in Latin America"

For more than a century, Lithuanian districts have flourished across Latin America. Entire villages and towns founded by Lithuanians still thrive there. Massive Lithuanian churches rise above the streets; monuments to Lithuania(ns) stand proudly—some dedicated to figures scarcely known in Lithuania itself.

From the village of Lituanika in Brazil to the five Lithuania Streets of Buenos Aires. From the world’s remotest Lithuanian neighborhood in São Paulo (11,000 km from Vilnius!) to an even more distant Lithuanian museum in the wind-swept reaches of Patagonia (14,000 km). From abandoned hotels “Lietuva” in Argentina to vibrant historic clubs filled with Lithuanian dance and joy, lovingly decorated with new symbols and artworks by the grandchildren and great-grandchildren of the original immigrants.

Over the course of ten years, the authors, Augustinas Žemaitis and Aistė Žemaitienė, reached all these places by car, plane, bus, and ship—mapping them and gathering their stories.

This album-atlas contains more than 400 photographs, 12 maps, and a wealth of information. The exotic grandeur of Lithuania in Latin America—revealed in full!

In order to buy the book, please contact Aistė Žemaitienė at aiste.zemaitiene@gmail.com.

What do the readers say about this book

"The stunning photographs, maps, and insightful narratives will inspire both travelers and dreamers to discover the wonders of Lithuanian Latin America""

Juan Ignacio Fourment Kalvelis, Member of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania and the World Lithuanian Community Commission

"A hundred years ago, Lithuanian dreams led them to South America, and today their heritage testifies that Lithuania lives wherever hearts carry it"

Laura Tupe, a Lithuanian diplomat who has worked in Brazil and Argentina

""Gabalėliai Lietuvos" ("Lithuanian Landmarks in the world") helps to raise awareness and bring Lithuanian monuments and churches in distant South American countries closer to us, while also preserving knowledge about them and their images for future generations"

Archbishop Lionginas Virbalas, SJ, Delegate of the Lithuanian Bishops' Conference for the Pastoral Care of Lithuanians Abroad