- The Hill of Crosses in Šiauliai County, Lithuania. ... Spirituality seeps deep into the Hill of Crosses in Lithuania and it has been a pilgrimage site for many years.
- The Hill of Crosses in Lithuania is a national pilgrimage center dating back to 1831. Over the years, crosses, crucifixes, rosaries, Virgin Mary statues...
- The Hill of Crosses, Siauliai, Lithuania. ... Pope John Paul II visited the Hill of Crosses in 1993 and declared it the site of hope, peace, love and sacrifice.
- The USSR began a “demolition” period which lasted for almost 20 years. In 1958, the collective farm Meškuičiai began digging gravel on the Hill of Crosses.
- The Hill of Crosses — a small mountain of approximately 100,000 crosses — is a curious phenomenon. No one manages or organises it — it just is.
- Many attempts were made to destroy and burn the Hill of Crosses, but it survived as a sign of our freedom and as a must-see place for pilgrims around the world.
- Hill of Crosses in Lithuania. It is estimated that the crosses appeared at this point in the 13th century, shortly after the foundation of the city.
- Kryziu Kalnas is known in English as the Hill of Crosses and is a stunning place in the middle of Lithuanian countryside about 12 kilometres outside the town of.
- The Hill of Crosses, Kryzių Kalnas, located nine miles north of the small industrial city of Siauliai (pronounced shoo-lay) is the Lithuanian national pilgrimage centre.
- It is worth the trip to Lithuania for a once in a lifetime look at the legendary Hill of Crosses just outside Siauliai county in Lithuania.