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Tytuvėnai Regional Park
Tytuvėnai Regional Park was established in 1992 to preserve the hilly, marshy, laky landscape and the historical Šiluva and Tytuvėnai urban monuments in Lithuania. Parks administration and information center is located in Tytuvėnai, Miško street - 3. Territory The park is situated in Raseiniai, Radviliškis and Kelme district junction in the middle west of Lithuania, Šiauliai county, Samogitia. The park territory is 18159 ha (181km2) of which 45% forests, 10% wetlands, 2% lakes, 42% other territories. Landscape Expressive hilly, lake and swampy landscapes are the part of ice age heritage. Wavy hilly plains turn into lowlands, forming massive peatbogs. Viscous forests of Užpelkiai are located in a place of ice age lagoon, graceful sand hills and rocky pine forests. Spacious wetlands here are called Tyruliai. Gilius lake.jpg, Gilius lake at a summer evening Winter in TRP.jpg, E. Damaševičiaus alley in winter Bridvaišis lake from the other side.jpg, Bridvaišis lake be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Šiluva
Šiluva is a small town of less than 700 inhabitants in Lithuania. It is located in the Regions of Lithuania, region of Samogitia. It is List of Catholic pilgrimage sites in Lithuania, a major site of Catholic pilgrimage in Lithuania. History Šiluva was first mentioned in 1457 in relation to the building of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Apostles Saint Peter and Saint Bartholomew by the Lithuanian noble Petras Gedgaudas. Later the ''Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary'' attracted huge numbers of the faithful to Šiluva, some from as far away of what later became Protestant Prussia. With the advent of the Protestant Reformation, Reformation in 16th century Lithuania, many of the inhabitants of the Šiluva region converted to Calvinist, Calvinism. This caused the church to eventually be ransacked and closed around 1569. The last parish priest, John Holubka, buried the remaining church valuables and legal documents and deeds in an iron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
