After a long and singularly strange career as an oversized egg cup, the tall pillar in the heart of Vilnius’ breakaway republic Užupis (where every dog has the right to be a dog) finally gave birth to a long awaited angel on April 1, 2002, the official independence day of the wacky district. After a long and sometimes tedious unveiling ceremony, the covers were finally lifted, and in a big burst of billowing balloons the surprisingly beautiful figure of an angel was revealed, playing a trumpet and generally being rather awesome. The work of the Lithuanian sculptor R. Vilčiauskas, find it at the junction of Užupio and Malūnų.