Girelė
Girelė is a village in Ginkūnų sen., Šiauliai District Municipality, Šiauliai County. Girelė is situated nearby to the village Domantai, as well as near Kėbliai.Photo: Lazdynas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hill of Crosses and Chapel of Hill of Crosses.
Hill of Crosses
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Hill of Crosses is situated 3 km northeast of Girelė.
Chapel of Hill of Crosses
Church
Chapel of Hill of Crosses is a church, which is situated 3 km northeast of Girelė.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Domantai and Šapnagiai.
Uosupis
Village
Photo: Lazdynas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Uosupis is a village, which is situated 3½ km east of Girelė.
Girelė
- Type: Village
- Also known as: “Girele”
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Ginkūnų sen., Šiauliai District Municipality, Šiauliai County, Lithuania, Baltic states, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.99208° or 55° 59′ 32″ northLongitude
23.39333° or 23° 23′ 36″ eastElevation
103 metres (338 feet)Open location code
9G75X9RV+R8OpenStreetMap ID
node 2567877536OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Min Nan Chinese—“Girelė” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “Girelė”
- Lithuanian: “Girelė (Šiauliai)”
- Lithuanian: “Girelė”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Girelė (Šiauliai)”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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