Hill of Crosses - in 2007

This photo was taken from the same position in 2007. There are maybe 50000 crosses on the hill. Note that there are only two hills left. The Russians had one hill bulldozed away.

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Hill of Crosses

May 18th 2007
One day we made a trip to the city Šiauliai in northern Lithuania. Outside this city is one of Lithuania's most remarkable places, the Hill of Crosses. This is a place we have wished to visit for several years and finally we now had the time to do it. In the countryside a few kilometers outside Šiauliai is a a place called the Domantai ... read more

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Independent between the two World Wars, Lithuania was annexed by the USSR in 1940. On 11 March 1990, Lithuania became the first of the Soviet republics to declare its independence, but Moscow did not recognize this proclamation until September of 199... ... read more

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