The Hill of Crosses near Siauliai city is the world’s unique historic site where, except for some intervals, people have been continuously building crosses since the 19th c. asking for celestial help or paying back for it. Nowadays, there are over 200,000 crosses that have been counted on the site including fine artifacts by local folk artists as well as plain wooden crosses. At the Hill of Crosses, one can also see pope John Paul’s II cross made by a Lithuanian folk artist and built during the pope’s visit to Lituania in 1993. Entrance is free.
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