Hill of Crosses
Hill of Crosses is a site of pilgrimage about 12 km north of the city of Šiauliai, in northern Lithuania. The precise origin of the practice of leaving crosses on the hill is uncertain, but it is believed that the first crosses were placed on the former Jurgaičiai or Domantai hill fort after the 1831 Uprising.
- Tourist attraction
- …lies at an elevation of 96 metres (315 feet)
- …is not wheelchair accessible
- Description: pilgrimage site in northern Lithuania
- Also known as“Gora Krizhyu-Kalnas”“Kryziu Kalnas”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chapel of Hill of Crosses.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Domantai and Tautiniai.
Daugelaiciai (Siauliai)
Village
Hill of Crosses
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Latitude
56.01507° or 56° 0′ 54″ north
Longitude
23.416° or 23° 24′ 58″ east
Open location code
9G852C88+29
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Hill of Crosses” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Heuwel van Kruise”
- Armenian: “Խաչերի բլուր”
- Azerbaijani: “Xaçlar dağı”
- Belarusian: “Крыжовая гара”
- Bulgarian: “Хълм на кръстовете”
- Catalan: “Turó de les Creus”
- Chinese: “十字架山”
- Cornish: “Bre’n Krowsow”
- Croatian: “Brdo križeva”
- Czech: “Hora křížů”
- Czech: “Kryžių kalnas”
- Danish: “Korshøjen”
- Dutch: “Heuvel der Kruisen”
- Dutch: “Heuvel van Kruisen”
- Dutch: “Kruisberg bij Siauliai”
- Dutch: “Kruisheuvel”
- Dutch: “Kryziu kalnas”
- Dutch: “Kryžiu kalnas”
- Emilian: “Culëina dal Crùs”
- Esperanto: “Monto de krucoj”
- Estonian: “Ristimägi”
- Finnish: “Ristien kukkula”
- Finnish: “Ristien mäki”
- Finnish: “Ristienmäki”
- Finnish: “Ristikukkula”
- French: “colline des Croix”
- French: “Colline des Croix”
- French: “Kryžių Kalnas”
- German: “Berg der Kreuze”
- German: “Kreuzhügel”
- German: “Kryziu kalnas”
- German: “Kryžių kalnas”
- Greek: “Λόφος των Σταυρών”
- Hebrew: “גבעת הצלבים”
- Hungarian: “Keresztek hegye”
- Indonesian: “Bukit Salib”
- Italian: “Collina delle Croci”
- Japanese: “十字架の丘”
- Korean: “십자가 언덕”
- Latvian: “Krusta kalns pie Šauļiem”
- Latvian: “Krusta kalns”
- Latvian: “Krustu kalns”
- Lithuanian: “Domantų piliakalnis”
- Lithuanian: “Jurgaičių piliakalnis”
- Lithuanian: “Kryžių kalnas”
- Lombard: “Culìna d’le Crùs”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Korshøgda ved Siauliai”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Korshøyden”
- Norwegian: “Korshøyden”
- Persian: “تپه صلیب”
- Persian: “تپه صلیبها”
- Persian: “تپه_صلیب”
- Polish: “Góra Krzyży”
- Portuguese: “Colina das Cruzes”
- Romanian: “Dealul Crucilor”
- Russian: “Гора Крестов”
- Russian: “Крестовая гора”
- Samogitian: “Krīžiu kalns”
- Serbian: “Брдо крстова”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Brdo križeva”
- Slovak: “Hora krížov”
- Slovenian: “Gora križev”
- Spanish: “Colina de las Cruces”
- Swedish: “Korskullen Kryziu Kalnas Litauen”
- Swedish: “Korskullen”
- Tamil: “சிலுவைகளின் குன்று”
- Thai: “เนินเขากางเขน”
- Ukrainian: “Гора Хрестів”
- Vietnamese: “Đồi Thánh Giá”
- Welsh: “Bryn y Croesau”
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