Čekiškė is a small town in
Kaunas County
Kaunas County ( lt, Kauno apskritis) is one of ten counties of Lithuania. It is in the centre of the country, and its capital is Kaunas. On 1 July 2010, the county administration was abolished.
Symbols
The county's coat of arms can be blazon ...
in central
Lithuania
Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...
. In 2011, it had a population of 682.
[ The main town square formed where three roads converged. This dictated a radial plan for the town, which is now protected as a monument of urban architecture.][
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History
On 22nd of July 1887 the fire in Čekiškė destroyed majority of the infrastructure with only 3 buildings remaining.Synagogue of Čekiškė
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, caption = The former synagogue in 2016
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was rebuilt and remained unchanged to this day, although not in use anymore.
References
External links
Čekiškės seniūnija (Čekiškė eldership) website
Towns in Lithuania
Towns in Kaunas County
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