• ...teachings.[4] As a continuation of their ancestors, the Lithuanian populace continued to safeguard their religious freedoms, this encompassing the Hill of Crosses.
  • One who will leave a cross on the Hill of Crosses will be lucky. The mountain of crosses consists of two peaks, one of which is a sculpture of the Mother of God.
  • The Hill of Crosses is situated in the middle of an arable land, sixteen kilometers from Šiauliai. It is seen from Šiauliai – Ryga highway.
  • “For some people, the Hill of Crosses is a place of contemplation and prayer. For others, it symbolises defiance and resistance in the darker times.
  • The Hill of Crosses (“Kryžių kalnas” in Lithuanian) is, as the name implies, a hill full of crosses. I was really surprised by the amount of crosses.
  • Standing upon a small hill are many hundreds of thousands of crosses that represent Christian devotion and a memorial to Lithuanian national identity.
  • The Hill of Crosses (Kryžių kalnas) – Is a small hill near the city Siauliai (Lithuania), covered with hundreds of thousands of crosses.
  • The Hill Of Crosses is a place of pilgrimage and devotion for Catholics in Lithuania and throughout the Baltic region.
  • The Hill of Crosses, or Kryziu Kalnas in Lithuanian, is a collection of over 200,000 wooden crosses erected on a small hill in Šiauliai in Northern Lithuania.
  • The Hill of crosses is one of the most popular Christian pilgrimage desitination in Eastern Europe. More than 200,000 crosses and rosaries.