AI generatedHill of Crosses
Lithuania · Šiauliai · 80 m
Short description of Hill of Crosses
The Hill of Crosses stands on a low mound north of Šiauliai and carries well over a hundred thousand crosses, planted there by pilgrims and left to accumulate. It began after an uprising against the Russian empire in 1831 whose dead had no graves. Soviet authorities bulldozed the hill at least three times from 1961 and each time the crosses came back within days, which made the site a symbol of national and religious resistance. Pope John Paul II said mass here in 1993. Crosses of every size hang on crosses.
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Best time to visit: May – September
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All highlights and sightsBeta
- Hill of Crosses and its hundred thousand crosses
- Cross crafting, a UNESCO intangible heritage
- Soviet bulldozing and the crosses returning
- Leaving a cross of your own
- Franciscan monastery on the far side
- Šiauliai and its bicycle museum(Day trip)
- Sundial square in Šiauliai(Day trip)