Šventoji
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: ThomasPusch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Suburb with 2,000 residents
- Description: seaside resort town in Lithuania
- Also known as: “Schibbe”, “Shventoy”, “Shventoyi”, “Svent”, “Sventa”, “Šventoje”, and “Šventoji, Lithuania”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Star of the Seas, Šventoji and Šventoji Lighthouse.
Šventoji Lighthouse
Lighthouse
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 Būtingė and Joskaudai.
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 4½ km northeast of Šventoji.
Joskaudai
Village
Photo: Vilensija, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Joskaudai is a village, which is situated 8 km southeast of Šventoji.
Mažučiai
Village
Photo: Kusurija, Public domain.
Mažučiai is a village, which is situated 8 km east of Šventoji.
Šventoji
- Categories: seaside resort, resort town, and locality
- Location: Palanga, Klaipėda County, Samogitia, Lithuania, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
56.0305° or 56° 1′ 50″ northLongitude
21.07903° or 21° 4′ 45″ eastPopulation
2,000Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)Open location code
9G8323JH+6JOpenStreetMap ID
node 33775542OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
594050Wikidata ID
Q392757
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Šventoji” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Šventoji”
- Cebuano: “Šventoji”
- Chinese: “什文托伊”
- Czech: “Šventoji”
- Dutch: “Šventoji, Lithuania”
- Esperanto: “Sventoji”
- Esperanto: “Šventoji”
- Estonian: “Šventoji”
- French: “Šventoji”
- Georgian: “შვენტოიი”
- German: “Šventoji (Badeort)”
- German: “Šventoji (Ort)”
- German: “Šventoji (Stadt)”
- German: “Šventoji”
- Kashubian: “Sventoji”
- Kashubian: “Šventoji”
- Latvian: “Sventāja”
- Lithuanian: “Šventoji (gyvenvietė)”
- Lithuanian: “Šventoji (miestas)”
- Lithuanian: “Šventoji (Palanga)”
- Lithuanian: “Šventoji”
- Polish: “Święta (Połąga)”
- Polish: “Święta”
- Romanian: “Šventoji”
- Russian: “Швентойи (город)”
- Russian: “Швентойи (посёлок)”
- Russian: “Швентойи”
- Russian: “Швянтойи”
- Slovenian: “Šventoji”
- Spanish: “Sventoji”
- Spanish: “Šventoji”
- Swedish: “Šventoji”
- Ukrainian: “Швентойї”
- Ukrainian: “Швянтої”
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