Vievis Travel Guide

 
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Orthodox chapel
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This Orthodox chapel stands in the Russian cemetery in Vievis. I don't know a history of it, probably it is about 100 years old or something. It was used for burying famous Orthodox priests.

Chapel looks strange, as it is alone around lot of grave stones.

Updated Dec 16, 2008

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Lithuanian geology museum
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In 1980, when this place was established, it was just local museum, later exhibition of one Vilnius museum and some others were moved here and in year 2000 it became Lithuanian geology museum.

Talking about what is outside of museum, you can visit it for free - different stones from different geological eras. If you want to go inside, it is a need for excursion and it may cost a bit. The museum has lot of examples of stones and cores from around the World - even from Burma, Sri Lanka, Brasilia and so on.

Updated Dec 16, 2008

Address: Kauno g. 1a

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Monument for first Bellorussian book
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This is the monument is Vievis park near Catholic church - it is for the first Slavic religious grammar book, published in Vievis in beginning of XVII century. As far as I know, it is only one monument in Vievis city.

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St Ann Catholic church and its yard
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Vievis St Ann church was built in 1908-1931. It has an neo-Gothic style, interior is more or less baroque. I really like and got used to this church and the interior of it, as I was The place around this church is christened here, I got here the first Communion and attended lot of masses.

The place around this church is "called" Vievis centre, with church yard, park, wooden houses around and market and small shops nearby.

Updated Dec 16, 2008

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Russian Orthodox church' mystic yard
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This place was found in about 1600, when here was built Saint Spirit monastery and the publishing house near the monastery, where first religious Slavic language grammar book was published in 1619, so this place was very significant for Slavic (Russians, Bellorussians, Ukrainians) people, living in Poland-Lithuania common kingdom that time.

Why it is called "mystic" yard? At first, when the monastery was demolished ( I guess by Napoleon army as well), the preschool was built here (in soviet times). So, after some years it was found that ghosts are living in that place and scary people. Locals were thinking it was ghosts of these people, who were killed at Napoleon war, first or second world wars. The children moved to other place and that preschool building was demolished. Now this yard consist of Orthodox church, house of Orthodox priest and the wooden, nice decorated well.

Updated Dec 16, 2008

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Russian Orthodox church near autobahn
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The first orthodox church in Vievis, in the same place as it is now, was built in 1600 by landowner Oginski. As it was wooden, in the time when Napoleon's army came to Lithuania and Vievis (1812), it was burned. Later, in 1837 the new one brick church was built, it survived till these days.

The church really looks tipical orthodox style, recently it was renovated, Russian people come to this church mass not only from Vievis, but from Elektrenai and other places as well, because they don't have Orthodox churches.

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Transportation  

Bus, train and car to Vievis
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Vievis train station sight-Vievis mill in front

Vievis is easily reachable by bus, train, car. It is located just near the Vilnius-Kaunas road and rail road as well. So, by bus and train it is less than 1 hour to come here - it is about 40 kilometres from Vilnius.

Vievis bus station is just a few metres from the central part where you can see everything, train station is more far - about 15 minutes walk from centre.

Updated Dec 16, 2008

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Warnings and Dangers  

Vievis lake was bombed!
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Vievis lake is a bit dangerous for swimming, as it was bombed at World War Second. In some place there are just deeper from bombs and deep can be different lets say from 1 metre (where you still can walk) to 3 metres (over the head...) in a few centimetres of wading in lake. So, small children and people who don't swim should be worried about it firstly.

The recipy from this bad thing is to ask local people where are the best places to be near lake, not to go to unknown ones.

Updated Dec 16, 2008

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Off The Beaten Path  

Beautiful nature around
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The road to Musteniai
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I used to spend summers around Vievis city, so I can say - I know places, that surround it. Vievis itself is located near big Vievis lake, most new houses now is built near this lake. There are other lakes as well around in about 3-4 kilometres - Orliskiu, Kurkliskiu, Seimecio.

Probably the most I like is the road from Vievis to Pastrevys where you see lot of nice landscape around with lakes, Elektrenai artificial lake with hydro-power station in panorama, forests.

Updated Dec 16, 2008

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