Lentvario miestas susikūrė XIX a. antroje pusėje prie pastatytos geležinkelio stoties, netoli Lentvario dvaro, tuo metu priklausiusio grafui Tiškevičiui. Galima manyti, kad Lentvario vardas atsirado iš vardo Liutauras tada, kai šią vietovę valdė Jonas Liutauras Chreptavičius. Jis buvo LDK iždininkas ir turėjo žemės valdą netoli Trakų. Iki 1939 m. slavų kalbomis rašytuose šaltiniuose Lentvaris buvo […]
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Miesto istorija Nuo neatmenamų laikų gražiose Dubysos pakrantėse gyveno žmonės, tai liudija aukštai virš Dubysos slėnių išlikę, legendomis ir padavimais apipinti piliakalniai bei seniai pamiršti ir išnykę senkapiai. 1253 metais Lietuvos karalius Mindaugas savo raštuose pirmą kartą paminėjo Raseinius, Ariogalą, Betygalą ir Viduklę. Yra daug padavimų apie Raseinių vietovardžio kilmę. Viename iš jų pasakojama, […]
Garliava, is a city in Lithuania, considered a suburb of Kaunas. Garliava is located 10km south from the center of Kaunas.
Jurbarkas region is situated in the south west of Lithuania; it stretches 70 kilometers nestled against Father of Lithuanian rivers the Nemunas and occupies an area of 1508 sq. km. The region is famous for renaissance–style castles, manors and their parks, remained fragments of defensive line of the Nemunas from 13–15th centuries, valuable Panemunė landscape […]
KURŠĖNAI – PUODŽIŲ KRAŠTAS Kuršėnai – didžiausias Šiaulių rajono miestas, esantis šiaurinėje rajono dalyje abipus Ventos upės. Šiuo metu mieste gyvena daugiau negu 15 tūkstančių gyventojų.Miesto plano struktūra stačiakampė, gatvių tinklo sistema mišri. Didesnė miesto dalis yra dešiniajame Ventos krante. Kairiajame upės krante yra parkas su išlikusiais Gruževskio dvaro pastatais.Pro Kuršėnus eina dvi geležinkelio linijos, […]
Astravas Manor Astravas is a borough of the city of Biržai, which is situated on the northern shore of the Širvėna Lake at the River Apaščia. In 1811, the Duke Dominykas Radvila sold the estate of Biržai to the Count Mykolas Tiškevičius, but only in 1844 after prolonged litigation the fact was validated legaly. Unwilling […]
Gargždai is the administrative centre of Klaipėda district. For the first time in historical sources Gargždai was mentioned in the name of Garisda in 1253; however, people have lived here since Brass Age. Gargždai Manor has been mentioned from the 16th century. Up to the 18th century the settlement belonged to the estate of Baron E. Rėnė […]
Administrative centre – RokiškisArea – 1806 km² (22.9 % of the county’s area)Population – 29 102 Wards – Juodupė, Jūžintai, Kamajai, Kazliškis, Kriaunos,Obeliai, Pandėlys, Panemunėlis, Rokiškis rural, Rokiškistown Rokiškis district municipality is located in the north-eastern part of Panevėžys county, at the border with Latvia, on the Aukštaičiai Plateau. The municipality is adorned with small hills, 99 lakes, where Sartai […]
TOURISM Druskininkai is Lithuania’s biggest SPA town, known for its unique combination of underground mineral waters, curative mud and surrounding pine tree forests that provide extremely clean air. The medicinal properties of Druskininkai mineral water were discovered in the 18th century and the town was declared a health resort by King’s decree. The wellness traditions […]
The Mayor of Palanga Šarūnas Vaitkus PLACES TO VISIT Birute Park Comfortable relaxation in Palanga cannot be imagined not only without the sea but also without a walk in one of the most beautiful parks in Northern Europe – Birute Park. This resort area called the pearl of Palanga is adorned every year in order […]
Radviliškis district is in the central part of Lithuania, purportedly in the heart of Lithuania. Its main artery is the railway, which dates the history and development of the region, and points to present growth. The biggest town of the region is Radviliškis, which counts almost a half of a thousand year history, however, the […]
History of the town of Silute starts from the settlement Silokarcema (eng. The Forest inn; germ. Heydekrug), which was mentioned in the written sources on the 22ndof February in 1511. Silute was created from three settlements: Silokarcema, Zibai and Verdaine. They were connected in the first half of the 20th century, but the township rights Silute received only in 1941. During 16th century, settlement Silokarcema became famous for its […]
TURIZMAS Biudžetinė įstaiga Plungės turizmo informacijos centrasS. Dariaus ir S. Girėno g. 27, LT-90121 PlungėTel. +370 640 53644El.p. turizmas@plunge.ltDaugiau informacijos rasite www.visitplunge.lt Darbo laikas:pirmadieniais – ketvirtadieniais 8:00 – 17:00,penktadieniais 8:00 – 15:45.Pietų pertrauka 12.00 – 12.45.
Ukmergė district municipality Administrative centre – Ukmergė Area – 1395 km² (29 % of the territory is covered by forests, 55% by agricultural land).The territory of Ukmergė town is 20.45 km².Elderships: Deltuva, Lyduokiai, Pabaiskas, Pivonija, Siesikai, Šešuoliai, Taujėnai, Ukmergė town, Vepriai, Vidiškės, Želva, Žemaitkiemis.Population: according to the preliminary data of the Lithuanian Bureau of Statistics, 33,471 people lived […]
History of Tauragė region The first truly traceable inhabitants of the country were reindeer hunters who roamed here 12,000 years ago. This is evidenced by the horns found deep in the earth in Bataki. Examined under microscopes and dated by the radiocarbon method, they are the oldest evidence of human activity in the Taurage region. […]
Places of interest City Symbol Facing the building of Visaginas Municipality Administration, on a high stela stands the bird rising to the floating clouds with its wings widely-spread – the first symbol of the city. Visaginas is a satellite of one of the most powerful power plants in the world, thus, the crane depicted in […]
WHAT TO DO? Samogitian Carillon The first small 23-bell Samogitian carillon in the territory of present-day Samogitia was cast in the famous European and world-famous Dutch bell-casting plant “ROYAL EIJSBOUTS” for the final 600m of Samogitian baptism. to commemorate the jubilee year (2013-2017). 1417m. for the only time in the world history of the Catholic […]
Meras ValentinasTamulisKėdainių rajono savivaldybės meras J. Basanavičiaus g. 36, LT-57288 Kėdainiai;202 kab., tel. (8 347) 69 500,el. paštas meras@kedainiai.lt, valentinas.tamulis@kedainiai.lt
The Municipality’s reception desk Working hours:Monday 8am-5pmTuesday 8am-6pmWednesday 8am-6pmThursday 8am-5pmFriday 8am-3.45pmLunch break 12-12.45pm The General and Personnel Department’s senior specialist Stanislava Martusevičiūtė (tel. (8 389) 64041 , e-mail stanislava.martuseviciute@utena.lt) and specialist Genovaitė Vegėlienė (tel. (8 389) 64041, e-mail agne.salvinskiene@utena.lt) work at the reception desk.The mayor of the Utena district, Alvydas Katinas, receives residents regarding their questions and […]
Jonava was officially established as a city in the 18th century during the times of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. In 1750 first wooden church has been built in Jonava. In 1778 beer brewery was operating in the town. Around 1812 Napoleon and his army invaded the town and its surrounding villages. In 1923 Jonava officially recognised […]
Marijampole, the seventh town in Lithuania, according to size, has been the regional center since 1994. The city covers an area equal to 2050,7 hectares. The sesupe river divides the city into two parts connected by 6 bridges. The number of inhabitants in Marijampole total 48,7 Thousand. Marijampole is easily accessible to the rest of […]
Alytus surroundings were settled by first inhabitants in the first centuries after Christ. This is evidenced by the Bakšiai settlement dated back to the III th –IV th centuries, Radžiūnai Mound with settlement dated back to the III th –V th centuries and Alytus Mound with settlement, dated back to the VII th–XI th centuries. […]
Panevėžys, the capital of Aukštaitija Ethnographic Region, has been the fifth largest city in Lithuania for more than a century. It occupies 50 square kilometers with 100 000 thousand inhabitants, the majority of whom (96 per cent) are Lithuanians. The rest are Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Byelorussian, Jewish people. Panevėžys is situated in the middle of Lithuania; […]
Šiauliai – Šiaurės Lietuvos miestas. Šiauliai dar vadinamas Saulės miestu. Savo metus Šiauliai skaičiuoja nuo Saulės mūšio, kuris vyko 1236 m. rugsėjo 22 d. Gyventojai: remiantis išankstiniais Lietuvos statistikos departamento duomenimis, 2019 m. pradžioje Šiaulių m. savivaldybėje gyveno 100,693 tūkst. gyventojų. Registruotas darbo neturinčių gyventojų skaičius 2019 m. liepos mėn. – 3508 gyventojai. Bedarbių procentas […]
Klaipėda. A rising economic hub with wind in its sails. Steeped in maritime tradition, and home to the EU’s most profitable ice free port, Klaipėda is growing.With unparalleled logistical links that connect central Europe with Scandinavia, the CIS and China – Klaipėda is the ideal business bridge between East and West. As the country’s third […]
SEE&DO KAUNAS CASTLE The castle at the confluence of the Nemunas and Neris rivers was built in the 14th century to defend against the onslaught of crusaders. This is not only one of the first stone castles in Lithuania, but also the only one that has two rows of defensive walls. A settlement that grew […]
Hip Vilnius COVID-19: Information for travellers Find out the latest news about the COVID-19 situation in Vilnius and Lithuania. Read more Places to Visit Most Loved Places…. Užupis Užupis is the smallest district in Vilnius and is separated from the Old Town by the Vilnelė River. Formerly a troublesome place in the early 1990s, Užupis has […]