- Access : Coordinates: 56.015278, 23.416667 / The Hill of Crosses is a place of pilgrimage near the town of Šiauliai in northern Lithuania.
- The easiest way to get to the Hill of Crosses is either with your own car (an easy day trip from either Vilnius or Kaunas) or by taxi from Šiauliai.
- The Hill of Crosses is a small mount with several hundred thousand crosses located on it. There are several versions of this place’s origin.
- Today, no one really holds jurisdiction of the Hill of Crosses, with different organizations and individual volunteers pitching in to maintain the site.
- Hill of Crosses, Kryžių kalnas, is one of the most special places you can visit in Lithuania. Just as the name suggests, it’s a hill covered with crosses.
- Today, visitors can place their own cross on the Hill of Crosses. It takes approximately 2.5 hours by car to reach the Hill of Crosses from Vilnius.
- The Hill of Crosses is one of the most famous and unique tourist sights in Lithuania. Here are pictures from my visit to the Hill of Crosses near Šiauliai, Lithuania.
- A major site of Catholic pilgrimage, the Hill of Crosses is dotted with numerous religious artefacts such as crosses, statues, effigies, rosaries, and even figures of...
- And like much of Eastern Europe, that occupation would continue for a half-century. And that’s when the Hill of Crosses gained greater significance.
- Experience the spiritual allure of the Hill of Crosses, adorned with over 200,000 crosses and symbolizing the enduring spirit of Lithuanian Catholicism.