Siluvos Karuna, Shidlovo, Lithuania - Cheap Hotel Deals & Rates 2018
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Šiluvos Karūna offers accommodation in Šiluva. Šiauliai is 44 km from the property. Free WiFi is available and free private parking is available on site. Šiluvos Karūna also includes a terrace. Guests can enjoy a meal at the on-site restaurant.
Latitude 55.5308696786932, Longitude ' 23.2251298427582, Continent Europe, County Lithuania, City Shidlovo, Address Bukoto 10A, Šiluvos mstl. Raseinių r.
Hill of Crosses in Lithuania
MYSTICISM MANIFESTATION IN THE LITHUANIAN CULTURE
Nowhere else in the world you will find such a place – where so many crosses are brought by people on the hill, embraced by legends, and fables. The Hill of Crosses is a unique sacral place, amazing and the only one of its size and history in the world. This world well-known shrine is frequented by tourists. People of different nations and religions bring here crosses with their names, intentions, and pleadings for clemency.
Story of the hill preserved by the peoples’ perseverance
The Hill of Crosses near Siauliai was formed on Jurgaiciai mound, which was considered a holy place. It is believed that the first crosses were left on the Hill by the relatives of rebels killed in the uprising of 1831, but the Hill of Crosses is mentioned in written sources only since 1850. The erection of crosses on the hill in great numbers began in 1863, when the Tsarist authorities banned the installation of crosses not only by the roadsides, but also in cemeteries. The history also tells us that many crosses appeared in the end of the nineteenth century after the apparition of the Holy Virgin Mary with baby Jesus. It was she, they say, who encouraged people to build crosses in this place.
In Soviet times, the erection of crosses was not tolerated, and the hill became a non-desirable, even forbidden place, opposing the Soviet ideology. On the night of 5 April 1961 all crosses were bulldozed and crushed, and then pushed downhill. Wooden crosses were burned right on the spot, metal ones were taken to the metal scrap and melted, and concrete and stone ones were crushed with crushers and used for road construction. After the first devastation, later the Hill of Crosses was periodically devastated for four more times. However, the more fervently the hill was being destroyed, the more powerfully it would be rebuilt. People were stubbornly bringing crosses at night, despite the dangers, prohibitions and persecutions of authorities. The Hill of Crosses became a symbol of an unshakable faith in the people, their sufferings and hopes.
Roadtrip: Lithuania. Summer 2013
A nice summer road-trip to Palanga in Lithuania. Also featuring places like Nida, Šventoji, Kryžių kalnas and of course the famous sunset at the Palanga beach.
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Aquí está el último episodio del viaje de Ruben Alonso por Letonia y Lithuania. ¿Conoces la República Independiente de Uzupis? ¡No!
Here there is the ultimate episode of the journey made by Ruben Alonso across Latvia and Lithuania. Do you know the Independent Republic of Uzupis? You don't!
Cámara/Camerawoman: Carolina Caluori
Voz en off/Voice-over: Karin Barbeta
Indianapolis Lithuanian School Trip to Chicago - 2013
Indianapolis Lithuanian School Trip to Chicago
Neregėta Lietuva (Unseen Lithuania) Video Clip
Neregėta Lietuva (Unseen Lithuania) Video Clip Lietuva
Roadtrip Lithuania E2: Kernave & Kaunas. (AIESEC in ISM)
Finally we are on the bus! Join our adventure on this amazing bus and travel with us all around this beatiful country.
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We thank for:
Vasaros Terasa (for hosting our opening event)
Bands: Alive Way and Elle G
expedition.lt (for providing us with camping equipment)
Kerniaus baras (in Kernavė)
Visuomenės Harmonizavimo Parkas (for great accomodation, spa, food and tours)
Forto Dvaras
Virtualus Jiezno turas / Virtual Tour of Jieznas, Lithuania (2012)
pasivažinėjimas po Jiezną (Prienų raj.) / Virtual Tour of Jieznas, Lithuania / Виртуальный тур по Езнас, Литва / Tour virtuel de Jieznas, Lituanie / Virtuelle Tour durch Jieznas, Litauen
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Kalozha Church Boris-Gleb Church in Grodno, Belarus
Kalozha Church Boris-Gleb Church in Grodno, Belarus
The Kalozha church of Sts. Boris and Gleb is the oldest extant structure in Grodno, Belarus. It is the only surviving monument of ancient Black Ruthenian architecture, distinguished from other Orthodox churches by prolific use of polychrome faceted stones of blue, green or red tint which could be arranged to form crosses or other figures on the wall.
The church is a cross-domed building supported by six circular pillars. The outside is articulated with projecting pilasters, which have rounded corners, as does the building itself. The ante-nave contains the choir loft, accessed by a narrow gradatory in the western wall. Two other stairs were discovered in the walls of the side apses; their purpose is not clear. The floor is lined with ceramic tiles forming decorative patterns. The interior was lined with innumerable built-in pitchers, which usually serve in Eastern Orthodox churches as resonators but in this case were scored to produce decorative effects. For this reason, the central nave has never been painted.
The church was built before 1183 and survived intact, depicted in the 1840s by Michał Kulesza, until 1853, when the south wall collapsed, due to its perilous location on the high bank of the Neman. During restoration works, some fragments of 12th-century frescoes were discovered in the apses. Remains of four other churches in the same style, decorated with pitchers and coloured stones instead of frescoes, were discovered in Hrodna and Vaŭkavysk. They all date back to the turn of the 13th century, as do remains of the first stone palace in the Old Grodno Castle.
In 2004, the church was included in the Tentative List of UNESCO's World Heritage Sites.
Today the Kolozha Church is one of the oldest functioning temples in Belarus. Apart from services and religious celebrations, the church also runs a Sunday school and a house church in honor of the icon of the Mother of God of Kolozha.
In the 1990s with participation of foreign specialists the riverbank was solidified to prevent landslides. The scientists also came up with several projects to restore the Kolozha Church to the way it looked in the 12th century and before the disaster of 1853.
But the complicated geological structure and the lack of reliable information about the original design of the temple slowed down the pace of work. Later experts found some drawings of the western and southern walls of the Kolozha Church made one year before the collapse of the temple.
The reconstruction project of the pre-1853 Kolozha Church has been substantiated by architects. There are few documents about the 12th century sanctuary which looks changed many times over the decades. New information, however, can be included into the project.
In 2010 Belarus launched the Let Us Restore Kolozha Together campaign to raise funds for the restoration of the ancient landmark.
There are also plans to build a miniature replica of the 12th century Kolozha next to the church. Recreated with the help of the latest technologies and materials, it can become an interesting tourist site.
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