Niurkoniai Chapel
Joseph Vavžeckis built this church in memory of his brother Thomas who fought in the Kościuszko Uprising against Russian power.
Category: Lithuania
Vilnius – the city that refuses to be defined
One viral advertising campaign declared Vilnius as the G-spot of Europe: ‘Nobody knows where it is, but when you find it, it’s amazing.’
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Kryžių Kalnas (Hill of Crosses): a place for hope, peace, love and sacrifice.
It would take a heart of stone not to be moved by the sight of over 100,000 crosses standing erect on a hillside in the middle of the Lithuanian countryside. Kryžių Kalnas (Hill of Crosses) in Siauliai is the site where hundreds of thousands of souls are commemorated, hundreds of thousands of lives are recalled, hundreds of thousands of loved ones are remembered.
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