Baltic Sea Region Cultural Heritage Properties
LOCATION „Lukstas Rest Park“ is located in the heart of Varniai Regional Park, near Lake Lukstas, which is the second largest lake in Samogitia. It is communicated with center of Telsiai with roads and by bike, bus and short car drive. Lukstas Rest Park in the evening, photo source: wikimedia commons. PHOTO SOURCES: 1-5 wikimedia […]
Continue ReadingLOCATION This museum is the only one in Europe that is established in one of the first ex-Soviet Union underground ballistic missile shafts. It is located in Plokštinės forest, near Plateliai town and lake. Coordinates: 369504, 6212682 (LKS); 56.030391, 21.906232 (WGS); 56° 1′ 49.41″, 21° 54′ 22.44″ (WGS). Address: Šilinė street 4, Plokščiai, Plungė dstr. […]
Continue ReadingLOCATION It’s a unique museum, established in Mosėdis, Skuodas region, on both sides of the river Bartuva banks, picturesque valley of 14,5 ha. Coordinates: 56.1652494,21.5719742,17. Address: Salantų str. 2, Mosėdis, Skuodas district photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mosedis_stones_A_24.jpg, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mosedis_stones_A_22.jpg. ATTRACTIONS The whole territory of the park is a recreational zone. Stones’ outdoor exposition with rare wood and other plats collection […]
Continue ReadingLOCATION It’s a private farmstead-museum, whose owners used decorate with stones and sculptures thereof. Address: Plungės str. 18, Gargždelės village, LT – 97318 Kretinga district photo source: http”//wikimapia.org/13455339/Orvidai-museum. ATTRACTIONS The founder of the farmstead – Lithuanian artist, hewer Vilius Orvidas. From 1973 he and his father brought stones destined to be broken into pieces – […]
Continue ReadingLOCATION Imbarė hillfort is located in Salantas and Pilsupis rivers’ confluence. It’s one of the earliest and most beautiful Western Lithuania’s hillfort. Coordinates: 56°01′34.2″, 21°33′21.2″. Address: Imbarė village, Kretinga district photo source: https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaizdas:Imbar%C4%97s_piliakalnis_nuo_Salant%C5%B3-Kretingos_kelio_2013.JPG. ATTRACTIONS People used to live here in the late Neolithic, and 1000 BC moved on top of the hillfort, where fortified settlement […]
Continue ReadingLOCATION Kartena hillfort is located in the left bank of river Minija, atop the hill stooped in front of the town. It’s dated from the 10th-13thcentury and is called Pilale, Pilimi (reg. to castle). Coordinates: 55°54′37.0″ 21°28′32.4″ . Address: Kartena village, Kretinga district photo source: https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kartenos_piliakalnis ATTRACTIONS Legend tells, that atop the hill, near Kartena, […]
Continue ReadingLOCATION This is a mythological recreational (cognitive), active forest relaxation park between Šventoji and Darbėnai, near Palanga city. The cognitive paths are located in a pyramid-shaped forest territory. Coordinates: 56° 1′ 49.25″ N 21° 12′ 33.02″ E. Address: Sausdravų village, Kretinga district, 97261 photo source: https://wikitravel.org/shared/File:2010_09_30_Kretinga_Sun_observatory.jpeg#mw-jump-to-license. ATTRACTIONS This park cherishes the old Baltic people’s (east) cultural […]
Continue ReadingLOCATION: This ensemble is in the very hard of the city, near town hall. Coordinates: 55.891904, 21.242633 Address: Vilniaus str. 2, Kretinga photo source: https://wikitravel.org/en/Kretinga, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kretinga ATTRACTIONS This ensemble was built in 1610–1617 with funding from Jonas Karolis and Sofija. Chodkevičius (restored 1971–1978, 1980–1982). This church is one of the oldest remaining churches […]
Continue ReadingLOCATION: In Kretinga district tourism information centre (Vilniaus str. 2B, Kretinga) excursions can be ordered and city monasteries visited. photo source: https://wikitravel.org/en/Kretinga ATTRACTIONS Kretinga is so-called Lithuanian Vatican, because there are five monasteries located in there. Each of four female monasteries and one male monasteries has it’s own unique stories of foundation, and the monasteries […]
Continue ReadingLOCATION: Town Hall square – 17th-20th century urbanistic value. It’s embellished by an Independence monument in 1930. Coordinates: 55.888939, 21.241836 Address: Kretinga photo source: https://wikitravel.org/en/Krteinga ATTRACTIONS There is a monument built in memorial of the Kretinga city, church and monastery founder, The Great etemon of Lithuania and voivode of Vilnius Jonas Karolis Chodkevičius (1560-1621) […]
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