At the centre of Lithuania's coastline lies Palanga, a town of contrasts and the country's most visited resort. Next to the lively J. Basanavičiaus gatvė, bustling with noise in summer, is a quiet neighbourhood of impressive villas and sanatoriums. Visitors can stay either at Villa Auska, exuding Soviet luxury, or in the high-rise resorts of Vanagupė. Here, the aristocratic heritage of the Counts Tiškevičius...

At the centre of Lithuania's coastline lies Palanga, a town of contrasts and the country's most visited resort. Next to the lively J. Basanavičiaus gatvė, bustling with noise in summer, is a quiet neighbourhood of impressive villas and sanatoriums. Visitors can stay either at Villa Auska, exuding Soviet luxury, or in the high-rise resorts of Vanagupė. Here, the aristocratic heritage of the Counts Tiškevičius meets the mass-housing architecture that developed during the Soviet era. Just next to Palanga is Šventoji, a town of completely different character, dotted with inexpensive wooden summer cottages.

Palanga. An Architectural Guide presents the history of Lithuania's oldest resort and its most interesting and significant buildings. It reveals how a cosy pre-war town was transformed by the ambitious development visions of the Soviet period, and how these were later reshaped by the chaotic construction and shifting economic realities of the era of independence.

Descriptions of Palanga's architecture, together with archival and contemporary photographs, invite readers to rediscover the town, both the familiar and the yet unseen.

In Palanga. An Architectural Guide, you will find:

• 117 stories about buildings and sites.


• Detailed introductory texts by well-known historians and architecture researchers – Viltė Migonytė-Petrulienė, Liutauras Nekrošius, Vaidas Petrulis, Martynas Mankus, and Marija Drėmaitė.


• Archival photographs by Zinas Kazėnas and Palanga's architecture captured through the lens of Norbert Tukaj.


• Maps with places of interest marked.