{"id":47182,"date":"2026-05-06T12:14:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T09:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/event\/italian-birthday-in-klaipeda-herman-gerlach-memorial-evening\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T12:14:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T09:14:22","slug":"italian-birthday-in-klaipeda-herman-gerlach-memorial-evening","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/event\/italian-birthday-in-klaipeda-herman-gerlach-memorial-evening\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Birthday in Klaip\u0117da | Herman Gerlach Memorial Evening"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs\">Do we really know Memel&#8217;s great patrons well? One of the most prominent of them is Herman Gerlach, who has left a significant mark on Klaip\u0117da&#8217;s history. What did he do for the city and why is his 180th birthday celebrated in Italian?  <\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\">We invite you to an exclusive evening of presentations by Herman Gerlach, where we will not only learn more about Memel, its flourishing timber industry and its historical links with Italy, but also celebrate the anniversary with Italian flair, music and interesting stories.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\">Birthday party includes:<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\">-Italian Ambassador to Lithuania Emanuele de Maigret<br class=\"html-br\">-Cultural heritage expert, book author and publisher K\u0119stutis Demereckas<br class=\"html-br\">-Filmmaker Jurga Bardauskien\u0117<br class=\"html-br\">-Businessman Francesco Pezzetti<br class=\"html-br\">Italian songs will be performed by the students of the Klaip\u0117da Conservatory of Stasio \u0160imkus, who will create a real southern atmosphere.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\">An evening of stories, culture and festive spirit awaits. Come and celebrate the birthday that connects Klaip\u0117da and Italy &#8211; then and now. <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do we really know Memel&#8217;s great patrons well? One of the most prominent of them is Herman Gerlach, who has left a significant mark on Klaip\u0117da&#8217;s history. What did he do for the city and why is his 180th birthday celebrated in Italian? We invite you to an exclusive evening of presentations by Herman Gerlach, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":47136,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"mec_category":[513],"mec_locations":[595],"class_list":["post-47182","mec-events","type-mec-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mec_category-commemoration"],"acf":[],"mec_location":[{"id":595,"name":"Klaip\u0117da County Ievos Simonaityt\u0117 Public Library","slug":"klaipeda-county-ievos-simonaityte-public-library"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events\/47182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mec-events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47182"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47182"},{"taxonomy":"mec_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec_category?post=47182"},{"taxonomy":"mec_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec_locations?post=47182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}