Kryžių kalnas
Kryžių kalnas is in Meškuičių sen., Šiauliai District Municipality, Šiauliai County. Kryžių kalnas is situated nearby to the tourism office Šiaulių rajono turizmo informacijos centras, as well as near the church Chapel of Hill of Crosses.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
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 410 metres east of Kryžių kalnas.
Chapel of Hill of Crosses
Church
Chapel of Hill of Crosses is a church, which is situated 400 metres east of Kryžių kalnas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Domantai and Tautiniai.
Girelė
Village
Photo: Lazdynas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Girelė is a village, which is situated 2½ km south of Kryžių kalnas.
Kryžių kalnas
- Type: Map
- Categories: information and tourism
- Location: Meškuičių sen., Šiauliai District Municipality, Šiauliai County, Lithuania, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
56.01451° or 56° 0′ 52″ northLongitude
23.40952° or 23° 24′ 34″ eastOpen location code
9G852C75+RROpenStreetMap ID
node 805115598OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=information
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