Hill of Crosses
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hill-of-crosses-180-13912312
title:
Hill of Crosses
text:
Hill of Crosses is a site of pilgrimage about 12 km north of the city of Šiauliai, in northern Lithuania. The precise origin of the practice of leaving crosses on the hill is uncertain, but it is believed that the first crosses were placed on the former Jurgaičiai or Domantai hill fort after the 1831 Uprising. Over the generations, not only crosses and crucifixes, but statues of the Virgin Mary, carvings of Lithuanian patriots and thousands of tiny effigies and rosaries have been brought here by
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Pilgrimage site in northern Lithuania
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill_of_Crosses
date created:
2005-06-05T09:38:13Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T14:01:04Z
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13
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