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Raimix Says: The church of St. Mary Assumption was built in 1648. Actually it got its shape so years earlier, as it is gothic and baroque in style. The church has quite massime entrance-gates. On the left side wall, walking from former town hall square, you could see a cannon ball left....
Raimix Says: The real one, big one Hill of Crosses is located near Siauliai, but Merkine has its own small hill of cross.The first crosses appeared here after Second World War, when resistance of Lithuanian people started (because of Soviet occupation). Crosses were built to remember...
Raimix Says: Monument for Petras Cvirka (from 1994) stands just nearby the school of the name of the same prosaist. Petras Cvirka got populariy after writing stories, based on folklore. In his books you could find mystical stories how one of another mound or lake appeared, stories about...
Museum of regional studies and genocide
Raimix Says: I haven’t been inside museum, but the building itself have long history. Here, in 16th century, Merkine renaissance town hall stood, after it got damaged the Orthodox Cross of Crist church was constructed (in 1888) directly on the basement of former building. Nowadays,...
Raimix Says: Mound of Merkine in medieval times housed the strong castle. At the second half of 14th century writings the castle was called as “one of the strongest in Eastern Europe” and “one of the strongest in Lithuanian land”. Dukes of Lithuanian Grand Duchy were using this catsle...
Appreciate the tranquility of the 'Ula Eye' spring
CatherineReichardt Says: One hears a lot about springs, but one seldom gets the chance to see one in real life, as they are usually located in inaccessible places. However, springs abound in the wetlands of the Dzukija National Park in South East Lithuania and one or two of them are easily...
Observe the gentle pace of village life
CatherineReichardt Says: Southern Lithuania is lovely in the early summer: the sort of place best enjoyed when you drive around without a particular destination in mind at a fraction of the speed that you're used to in your daily life.The landscape is rural and feels timeless - a region where the...
Look for carved wooden votive posts
CatherineReichardt Says: I am fascinated when folk art is a visible part of a cultural landscape, and so one of the highlights of touring around Lithuania for me was the strong woodcarving tradition. At the entrance to virtually every village in Southern Lithuania, there are beautifully carved...
Raimix Says: The name of Druskininkai has come from word "druskininkas", that means "salt-man". The name of this city was firstly mentioned in 1596. Before that time there was a medieval castle to fight against Teutonic Order. In 1837 Druskininkai got the name of the spa due to mineral...
Liskiava - monastery and mounds
Raimix Says: Liskiava is known already from year of 1044. At the 13th century the castle was constructed here, but lost its importance in 1410, after famous battle of Grunewald (Zalgiris). Liskiava was always a small town (or so called “village”), but known as significant defensive site...
Raimix Says: Marcinkonys, the village of Dzukija national parks, is one of the biggest in Lithuania. The first locals here were forest scouts. First time place was mentioned in 1637. Actually village spread mostly due to new Warsaw – St. Petersburg railroad that appeared here in second...
Merkine - the city of Merkys and Nemunas
Merkine is a small town surrounded by confluences of four rivers – longest river of Lithuania Nemunas, Merkys, Stange and Strauja. This place in mean of nature and strategic location was thankful to...
Exploring the sleepy countryside of the Deep South
In planning a trip to the Baltics (and it seems that most people with time constraints do try to combine two, if not all three countries), it's easy to be tempted to give Southern Lithuania a miss.......
Build your own Merkine page
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