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Centras (English: City Centre) is an elderate in the city of Kaunas, Lithuania, based on two neighbourhoods of Kaunas - the Old City and the New City. It lies at the confluence of two major Lithuanian rivers, the Nemunas and the Neris. The pedestrian street Laisvės Alėja crosses the elderate.
Many notable buildings and facilities are located in Centras, such as the Kaunas Town Hall, the Kaunas Castle and the Historical Presidential Palace, also the Kaunas Cathedral, the Kaunas Synagogue, the St. Michael the Archangel Church and the Church of St. Gertrude. The Kaunas University of Medicine, the Vytautas Magnus University and the Kaunas University of Technology are located there as well as numerous museums: the Tadas Ivanauskas Zoological Museum, the Žmuidzinavičius Museum and the Vytautas the Great War Museum. The main theaters of the city are also located there - Kaunas State Musical Theatre and Kaunas State Drama Theatre.
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