Varniai
Varniai is a city in the Telšiai County, western Lithuania. In the Middle Ages the city was known as Medininkai.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 1,140 residents
- Description: city in Lithuania
- Also known as: “Varnių” and “Varnyay”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Varniai and Samogitian Diocese Museum.
Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Varniai
Church
Photo: Žemaitijos kelias, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Peter and St. Paul's Church is a Roman Catholic church in Varniai, Lithuania. Until 1864 the church was the cathedral of Samogitian diocese and the seat of Bishops of Samogitia.
Samogitian Diocese Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Samogitian Diocese Museum is a museum dedicated to the former Diocese of Samogitia. Established in 1999, the museum is located in the building of the former Varniai Priest Seminary which was relocated to Kaunas after the failed Uprising of 1863.
Church of St. Alexander, Varniai
Church
Photo: Vilensija, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Alexander's church in Varniai is the oldest church in Samogitia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Panakatis and Daukantai.
Panakatis
Village
Photo: Hugo.arg, Public domain.
Panakatis is a village, which is situated 4 km southeast of Varniai.
Daukantai
Village
Photo: Hugo.arg, Public domain.
Daukantai is a village, which is situated 4½ km east of Varniai.
Kulšiškiai
Village
Photo: Hugo.arg, Public domain.
Kulšiškiai is a village, which is situated 5 km southwest of Varniai.
Varniai
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Varnių sen., Telšiai District Municipality, Telšiai County, Lithuania, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
55.7429° or 55° 44′ 35″ northLongitude
22.37073° or 22° 22′ 15″ eastPopulation
1,140Elevation
160 metres (525 feet)Open location code
9G74P9VC+57OpenStreetMap ID
node 1067350202OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
593378Wikidata ID
Q621181
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Volapük—“Varniai” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فارنياي”
- Asturian: “Varniai”
- Belarusian: “Варней”
- Belarusian: “Варні”
- Belarusian: “Варняй”
- Belarusian: “Ворні”
- Belarusian: “Меднікі”
- Bulgarian: “Варниаи”
- Catalan: “Varniai”
- Cebuano: “Varniai”
- Chinese: “瓦尔尼艾”
- Chinese: “瓦爾尼艾”
- Czech: “Varniai”
- Danish: “Varniai”
- Dimli (individual language): “Varniai”
- Dutch: “Varniai”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فارنياى”
- Esperanto: “Varniai”
- Estonian: “Varniai”
- Finnish: “Varniai”
- French: “Varniai”
- German: “Medeniken”
- German: “Varniai”
- Greek: “Βαρνιάι”
- Hebrew: “ורניאי”
- Italian: “Varniai”
- Japanese: “ヴァルニアイ”
- Japanese: “ヴァルネイ”
- Latin: “Mednicum”
- Latvian: “Varņi”
- Latvian: “Varniai”
- Lithuanian: “Varniai”
- Moksha: “Варняй”
- Nauru: “Varniai”
- Persian: “وارنیای”
- Piemontese: “Varniai”
- Polish: “Varniai”
- Polish: “Wornie”
- Polish: “Worny”
- Portuguese: “Medininkai”
- Portuguese: “Varniai”
- Portuguese: “Wornie”
- Russian: “Варняй”
- Russian: “Ворне”
- Russian: “Ворни”
- Russian: “Ворны”
- Russian: “Медники”
- Samogitian: “Medėninkā”
- Samogitian: “Varnē”
- Samogitian: “Varniai”
- Spanish: “Varniai”
- Swedish: “Varniai”
- Tatar: “Варнәй”
- Ukrainian: “Варня”
- Ukrainian: “Варняй”
- Upper Sorbian: “Varniai”
- Volapük: “Varniai”
- “Varnē”
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