- 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.
- 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.
- hill of crosses. The following recap of a daytrip to Šiauliai (from Vilnius) is courtesy of Paul A. from San Francisco, California, who visited in mid-May 2023.
- Today, no one really holds jurisdiction of the Hill of Crosses, with different organizations and individual volunteers pitching in to maintain the site.
- The Hill of Crosses is located near the small city of Šiauliai, and is an national centre of pilgrimage in Lithuania.
- A little background on the Hill of Crosses. It’s not far from the town of Šiauliai in Northern Lithuania – the roads there are great by the way.
- The Hill of Crosses is an historical and architectural monument, which attracts people with its peace, spirituality, authenticity and sacred nature.
- The Hill of Crosses is certainly worth the effort to reach, even by bus. Already from afar you can see the crosses that fill the hill by the thousands.
- 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.
- The Hill of Crosses is an interesting and very unique site of pilgrimage, which is in the vicinity of the city of Šiauliai, within the Republic of Lithuania.