Tytuvėnai Monastery
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The Tytuvėnai Monastery ( lt, Tytuvėnų vienuolynas) is a former
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monastery A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits). A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer which ...
of Bernardines in
Tytuvėnai Tytuvėnai () is a city in the Kelmė district municipality, Lithuania. It is located east of Kelmė. It is known for its Bernardine monastery. History The first church in the town was built in 1555. The construction of the monastery was initi ...
, Lithuania, which was established in the 17th century.


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es File:Tytuvėnaivienuolynas4.JPG, Arcades of the monastery File:Tytuvėnaivienuolynas3.JPG, One of the corridors of the monastery File:1. Tytuvėnai, Šventųjų laiptų koplyčia.JPG, Tytuvėnai Christ Stairs Chapel


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Former Bernardine (Franciscan) monasteries in Lithuania 17th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Lithuania Baroque architecture in Lithuania Roman Catholic churches in Lithuania 17th-century establishments in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth {{Europe-RC-church-stub