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satara Says: The exit gate from Rietavas Oginskiai park is decorated with symbol of Rietavas - golden lion sculpture. There can be pretty good looks during the sunset...
The first power-station in Lithuania
satara Says: In this building duke Oginskis established the first power-station in Lithuania and thanks to him the first electricity lamp was lit. Nowadays there is a diary factory established there. In my opinion, the house requires maintenance badly..
Rietavas Oginskiai culture history museum
satara Says: If you're a fan of visiting history and culture museums, this one is just for you. People collected lots of stuff telling about rich Rietavas history of 750 years. Many great inventions happened in Rietavas - like the first electricity lamp was lit and the first phone call...
satara Says: 10 years ago Rietavas people got interested in rebuilding at least a part of duke Oginskiai mansion. Archaeological discoveries let us think that the mansion was just right in the place near the park where the hospital stands nowadays. The workers of Rietavas history museum...
750 years since Rietavas was first mentioned
satara Says: Can you believe that? I couldn't.. Well, I know it was 400 years since first school was established in Rietavas in the year I graduated, but I was surprised to hear that my special town has 750 years of history... St.Petersburg was celebrating 300 years this spring.. And...
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Cafe "Jura" (which means "sea") is located near the bus station, so it's quite a good place to stop for a snack on your way to Rietavas or through Rietavas to other cities.
Favorite Dish: In Soviet times it used to be a canteen and I still remember taking there some compote ("kompotas") when I was kid. Nowadays it's fully reorganized, restored and has authentic Lithuanian wooden+brick restaurant look. The food is quite good, not much of choices though, but you can't expect to have various cuisine food in a such small town, can you?:)
Written Jun 16, 2003
Rietavas is a small town so you won't find any public transportation there except taxi. But it's really no need to take taxi to go around this little town. Especially if you have some bikes you can reach all the places there. The streets are in quite good condition, you can ride the bike even in the park roads, but some of them are a bit bumpy because some part of the old road is made of stones.. Enjoy your walk or ride!:)
Written Jun 16, 2003
Ice cream lady or Liberty statue?
satara Says: Lithuanians used to start there town by making a square in the middle which was meant to be the main place of the town. They used to build some monuments in there, usually representing their struggle for freedom. Rietavas also has its own Liberty Statue - a girl with torch...
satara Says: That requires lots of patience and help from your family members or friends. Lithuanians use plants' leaves, wax, onion peels and many other kinds of stuff to decorate Easter eggs. In Rietavas surroundings the Easter egg decoration is quite different than in other Lithuania...
Being a small town, Rietavas is proud to present you with some little accidents while meeting goat on your way or an angry dog..:) The one I met was very happy to be on the photo!
Written Jun 16, 2003
Where the great dukes lived...
satara Says: I don't know for sure, but people and history says that some of the great dukes family members was buried in this chapel.. There are always some flowers there and people come to look at the marble interior of the chapel..
satara Says: I always had this question. And senior citizens of Rietavas town remembers it used to be a lovely fountain, but now it's just a little water pond (favorite place for ducks) next to the Rietavas church. It's not seen in the picture, but I found there a happy "Donald Duck"...
satara Says: Rietavas town has a lion in its blazon, so you can find various shapes of lion statues in many places in the town. This red scary lion head is found at the dairy factory.
satara Says: That's just the best place to look for yourself - get back your mind, clean up your soul or just pick up some wild strawberries..
satara Says: I wonder who made these fancy fences and gates for the duke Oginskis who ruled over Rietavas hundreds years ago.. I noticed that each of the fence is different and original. So if you have a free time, just give some time for walking around the old Oginskiai park, pool,...
satara Says: Rietavas people are fond of ponds. They have at least two big ones in the center of town. One is called "Maluno prudas" which means a pond of mill. In summer time the couple of white swans used to live here. It's also a favorite place of local fishermen who prefer to spend...
satara Says: The fields of gold.. yeah... it's almost like in this song - when summer flowers bloom, all the meadows and fields look golden, snowy, rosy etc.. That's really a great time to visit Rietavas. I love that smell of just cut grass.. and I like the smell of hay.. it reminds me...
satara Says: Rietavas is suffering from the Baltic sea weather a lot - in summer it feels chilly and weather is humid and windy usually while in other parts of Lithuania it's very hot and sunny.In winter time Rietavas gets lots of snow but it melts faster than in other parts of...
The countryside - yellow houses
satara Says: When you're a kid and have to go to school every morning for 3 km by foot through the fields, forests and parks, you start counting your steps, counting the trees you pass, the cars that pass you or noticing the colour of the houses.. And I was amazed one day when I realized...
First phone rang and electricity lamp was lit
satara Says: In autumn 1882, upon the initiative of Duke Bogdan Oginski the telephone line (54 km in length) connected Rietavas, Plunge, Kretinga and Palanga. Thus the first telephone in Lithuania rang in Rietavas just after six years since its invention. This date is considered as the...
It's a small town in western part of Lithuania, not so far from the Baltic sea, situated on both sides of river Jura (which in Lithuanian means "sea"). Easy accessible from the highway...
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