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Member: Lithuanian Tourism Association.
Vilnius Chamber of Commerce, Industry & Crafts.
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Siauliai (215 km, Hill of Crosses)Siauliai is the fourth-largest city in the country, an industrial centre. To observe its 750th anniversary, the city created an ornamental Sundial Square. The tall column erected there with the bronze archer on the top, turned a new symbol of the town. Itrecalls to the defeat of the Crusaders, Livonian Order, in the battle of Siauliai (Saulen) in 1236. Of interest for tourists is the main promenade of the city, pedestrian street and the only surviving architectural monument the renaissance St. Peter and Paul’s church.
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The most noteworthy fact about places of interest of the Siauliai district is the Hill of Crosses. Numerous pilgrims and tourists drawn here some by faith, others by curiosity towards the sacred place which could not be beaten even by Soviet restrictions.The tilting crosses, small and large, first erected as far back as the 19th century, turned the place into a symbol of spiritual resistance in soviet times. The Hill of Crosses was honoured by a cross from Pope John Paul II, who visited Lithuania in 1993.
The cross making craft in Lithuania was recently included into the UNESCO World Heritage List.
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