Lithuania · Pilgrimage landscape
Hill of Crosses
A landscape of crosses near Šiauliai shaped by personal prayer, collective memory and resistance to suppression.
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Sacred places in Lithuania
Three starting points for a deeper relationship with place.
Learn the history, notice the different traditions, and follow the sources. Local communities and custodians determine access and appropriate participation; inclusion here does not mean a place is currently open to visitors.
Lithuania · Chapel
Gate of Dawn
A chapel within Vilnius’s former city gate, associated with a venerated image of the Mother of Mercy.
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Lithuania · Pilgrimage shrine
Šiluva Sanctuary
A Lithuanian pilgrimage town whose Marian tradition centres on accounts of an apparition in the early seventeenth century.
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