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fiogf49gjkf0d VILNIUS:
VILNIUS IS THE CAPITAL CITY OF LITHUANIA. PLACES OF INTEREST
ARE THE OLD TOWN, THE PRESIDENT'S PALACE, THREE CROSSES HILL,
CHURCH OF SAINT ANNE, ST. PETER & PAUL'S CHURCH IS THE PEARL
OF VILNIUS' BAROQUE ARCHITECTURE.
KGB MUSEUM: (VILNIUS)
THE TOUR GUIDES ARE FORMER INMATES. THE MUSEUM IS HOUSED IN
THE CELLS WHICH WERE USED TO INTERROGATE LITHUANINAS BEFORE
THEIR DEPORTATION TO SIBERIA.
STALIN AND LENIN GRAVEYARD: (VILNIUS)
THERE ARE THE STATUES OF STALIN, LENIN AND KAPSUKAS.
DARIAUS IR GIRENO 25.
VILNIUS CASTLE MUSEUM:
FROM THIS MUSEUM THERE IS A BREATH TAKING VIEW OF
THE CAPITAL CITY.
PASAKU PARK: (VILNIUS)
THE FAIRY TALE PARK. THERE ARE LARGE WOODEN STATUES
DEPICTING FAIRY TALE HEROS.
VALAKAMPIAI: (VILNIUS)
740 ACRES OF PINE WOODLANDS. SITUATED TO THE NORTH
OF VILNIUS ALONG THE BANKS OF THE NERIS RIVER.
HILL OF CROSSES: (VILNIUS)
ONE OF THE MOST UNFORGETTABLE AND EMOTIONAL SITES IN LITHUANIA.
IT IS THE HILL OF CROSSES - A SHRINE FOR MANY CATHOLICS.
THIS TWO-HUMPED HILLOCK IS COVERED IN A FOREST OF THOUSANDS
UPON THOUSANDS OF CROSSES - LARGE & TINY, EXPENSIVE & CHEAP,
WOODEN & METAL. SOME ARE DEVOTIONAL, TO ACCOMPANY PRAYERS &
OTHERS ARE MEMORIAL.
CHERNOBYL MARKET: (VILNIUS)
HELD ON WEEKENDS IT IS THE MEETING POINT FOR BYLORUSSIANS
AND RUSSIANS TRADING GOODS FROM THEIR HOMELANDS.
TRAKAI:
LOCATED 30 KM NORTHWEST OF VILNIUS, THE FORMER CAPITAL OF
LITHUANIA. PLACES TO SEE ARE CASTLE WITH A MUSEUM, HOLY HOUSE
AND RESTAURANT OF THE CRIMEAN KARAIMS.
PALANGA:
THIS SMALL CITY IS QUIET IN WINTER, BUT IN SUMMER IT IS
TRANSFORMED INTO LITHUANIA'S PREMIER SEASIDE RESORT. IT
FEATURES A LONG SANDY BEACH BACKED BY PINE-COVERED DUNES.
BOTANICAL PARK WITH A ROSE GARDEN & AMBER MUSEUM.
KAUNAS:
LITHUANIA'S SECOND LARGEST CITY. IS ALSO KNOWS AS THE CRADLE
OF LITHUANIAN CULTURE AND TRADITION. PLACES OF INTEREST ARE
PAZAISLIS MONASTERY, ART GALLERY OF M. K. CIURLIONIS, CITY
HALL, SAINT GEORGE'S CHURCH, THE CHURCH OF VYTAUTAS, MILITARY
MUSEUM OF VYTAUTAS THE GREAT, ETC.
KLAIPEDA:
A PORT CITY ON THE BALTIC & THE THIRD LARGEST CITY OF
LITHUANIA. LOCATED AT THE NARROW STRAIT LINKING THE CURONIAN
LAGOON TO THE BALTIC SEA. PLACES OF INTEREST ARE MARINE MUSEUM,
AQUARIUM, AND DOLPHINARIUM.
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