Šventoji
The Šventoji is a river in the northwest of Lithuania and southwest of Latvia. It begins in Skuodas district and flows for 30km on the international border between Latvia and Lithuania.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Kusurija, Public domain.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Lithuania and Latvia
- Also known as: “Schwenta”, “Shventa”, “Sventa”, “Sventoji”, and “Šventoji River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Šventoji Lighthouse and Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Star of the Seas, Šventoji.
Šventoji Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Šventoji Lighthouse is a lighthouse located in the town of Šventoji in Lithuania, on the coast of the Baltic Sea. The lighthouse is located 8 kilometres south from the Latvian border.
Samogitian Sanctuary
Place of worship
Samogitian Sanctuary is a pagan sanctuary in Šventoji, Lithuania, a reconstruction of a medieval pagan observatory. The poles corresponding to the gods and goddesses of the Balts can be used to observe the main calendar holidays.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Šventoji and Būtingė.
Šventoji
Suburb
Photo: ThomasPusch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Šventoji is a resort town on the coast of the Baltic Sea in Lithuania. Administratively it is part of Palanga City Municipality. The total population of Šventoji as of 2012 was 2631.
Būtingė
Suburb
Photo: AdisX, Public domain.
Būtingė is a small village at the coast of the Baltic Sea in the north of Lithuania, at the border to Latvia. It belongs to Palanga City Municipality, and is situated 17 km north of the town Palanga. Būtingė is situated 5 km northeast of Šventoji.
Joskaudai
Village
Photo: Vilensija, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Joskaudai is a village, which is situated 9 km southeast of Šventoji.
Šventoji
- Categories: river, coastal river, border river, and body of water
- Location: Lithuania, Baltic states, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Šventoji” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Šventoji”
- Cebuano: “Šventoji (suba sa Latvia)”
- Cebuano: “Šventoji”
- Chinese: “什文托伊河”
- Czech: “Šventoji”
- Dutch: “Šventoji”
- Esperanto: “Rivero Šventoji okcidenta”
- Esperanto: “Ŝventoj‘”
- Esperanto: “Šventoji”
- Estonian: “Sventaja jõgi”
- Estonian: “Sventāja jõgi”
- Estonian: “Šventoji jõgi”
- Finnish: “Šventoji”
- French: “Šventoji”
- German: “Šventoji”
- Hungarian: “Šventoji”
- Irish: “Abhainn Šventoji”
- Italian: “Šventoji”
- Japanese: “シュバントイ川”
- Latvian: “Robežupe”
- Latvian: “Šventa”
- Latvian: “Sventāja”
- Latvian: “Sventes upe”
- Latvian: “Šventoja”
- Lithuanian: “Šventoji”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sventāja”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sventoji i Latvia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Šventoji i Latvia”
- Portuguese: “Šventoji”
- Romanian: “Šventoji”
- Russian: “Аа”
- Russian: “Гейлиген Аа”
- Russian: “Гейлиген-Аа”
- Russian: “Свента”
- Russian: “Свентая”
- Russian: “Святая Аа”
- Russian: “Святая”
- Russian: “Швентойи”
- Russian: “Швянтойи”
- Samogitian: “Švėntuojė”
- Slovenian: “Šventoja”
- Slovenian: “Šventoji”
- Spanish: “Šventoji”
- Welsh: “Afon Šventoji”
- “Švėntuojė”
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