Šeteniai (''Šateiniai'', formerly russian: Шатейни, pl, Szetejnie, Józefów) is a village in the Kėdainiai district municipality,

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 ...

. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 31 people. It is situated north of Kėdainiai, on the left bank of the

Nevėžis River The Nevėžis () is the sixth longest river in Lithuania and one of the main tributaries of the Nemunas. Its length is , and it flows only within the geographical confines of Lithuania.Vilainiai Vilainiai (formerly russian: Вилайни, pl, Wiłajnie) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2021 census, the village had a population of 1157 people. It is located next to ...

Šventybrastis Šventybrastis ('sacred Ford (crossing), ford', formerly russian: Свентобросць, pl, Świętobrość) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village ha ...

Krekenava Krekenava ( pl, Krakinów; yi, קרקינובה, Krakinova) is a town (population 1,375) in Panevėžys district municipality in northern Lithuania, on the bank of Nevėžis. History From 1409 it was the center of Upytė poviat, the first woode ...

" road. Šeteniai is the birthplace of Polish poet

Czesław Miłosz Czesław Miłosz (, also , ; 30 June 1911 – 14 August 2004) was a Polish-American poet, prose writer, translator, and diplomat. Regarded as one of the great poets of the 20th century, he won the 1980 Nobel Prize in Literature. In its citation ...

. There is an exhibition dedicated to Miłosz, the Czesław Miłosz Cultural Center, founded on June 12, 1999. The center is located in the former barn of the manor where Miłosz was born. The center is used for cultural activities, conferences, and meetings. It is surrounded by a park showcasing wood carvings by international artists.

History

Once there was the Šeteniai Manor. At the end of the 19th century there were 2 '' folwarks'' in Šeteniai, one was a property of the Siručiai (the

Sirutiškis Sirutiškis is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 370 people. It is located 1 km from the Kėdainiai city northern limit (Babėnai), ...

manor), another was a property of the Kognovickiai (the

Lančiūnava Lančiūnava (formerly russian: Ланчуново, pl, Łączynów, Łonczynów, Łanczanów, Łanczunowo) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a ...

manor).

Demography

Notable people

Juozas Urbšys Juozas Urbšys (29 February 1896 – 30 April 1991) was a prominent interwar Lithuanian diplomat, the last head of foreign affairs in independent interwar Lithuania,Gerhard L. Weinberg. A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II. 1994 p.94 ...

(1896–1991), Last interbellum Lithuanian Minister of Foreign affairs *

(1911–2004), Polish poet, writer and translator, Nobel Prize laureate

Images

Šateniai2.JPG, Entrance into Šateniai Sateniai3.jpg, A

Celtic cross The Celtic cross is a form of Christian cross featuring a nimbus or ring that emerged in Ireland, France and Great Britain in the Early Middle Ages. A type of ringed cross, it became widespread through its use in the stone high crosses er ...

in the Šateniai park Sateniai4.jpg, A

roofed pole Roofed pole or roofed pillar ( lt, stogastulpis, plural: ''stogastulpiai'', from ''stogas'' – 'roof' and ''stulpas'' – 'pole, pillar') is a traditional Lithuanians, Lithuanian wooden shrine. They may have anywhere between one and three layers o ...

in the Šateniai park

References

Villages in Kaunas County Kėdainiai District Municipality {{KaunasCounty-geo-stub