Šančiai gymnasium

The construction of the gymnasium started in the summer of 1937 and was completed in September of 1938. The newspapers of that time wrote that the residents of the Lower Šančiai did not like the location of the school, which was in Upper Šančiai: “<…> because their children will have to climb a hill every day”. However the gymnasium had 16 classes and 600 students. It was one of the largest and best equipped schools in Lithuania at that time. The architecture reflects the characteristic tendencies of the school – the functionality and the receptive moderation of forms.