Šviesių žmonių parkelis

Graži vieta, Utenos apskritis

A small sculpture park stands beside Antazavė manor on the shore of Lake Zalvis, created on the initiative of local culture enthusiast Marius Lucka to give the village a reason for visitors to stop. Sculptor Mykolas Sauka made the figures, which honor Lithuanians connected to the area who made their mark nationally: avant-garde filmmaker Jonas Mekas, rock musician Šarūnas Joneikis known as Garbanotas, poet Alfonsas Nyka-Niliūnas, and Olympic swimming champion Rūta Meilutytė. The Meilutytė sculpture, funded by patron Kasparas Krasauskas, shows her emerging from the ground in a swimming pose. The park's name, translating roughly to "park of enlightened people," reflects its purpose of commemorating notable cultural and sporting figures.