- Today, no one really holds jurisdiction of the Hill of Crosses, with different organizations and individual volunteers pitching in to maintain the site.
- A place of strength and resilience, Bianca Valerio visits one of the most life-changing, spectacular sights in the world, the Hill of Crosses in Lithuania.
- The Hill of Crosses was something of a microcosm of these events; hundreds of years of quiet, dignified resistance in the face of monumental oppression.
- Lithuania's fabled Hill of Crosses is a symbol of defiance as much as a pilgrimage site. More than 100,000 crosses have been planted on this low hill
- The Hill of Crosses in Siauliai Lithuania is a shocking hill in the middle of farmland that holds over 100000 crosses.
- “Thank you, Lithuanians, for this hill of crosses which testifies to the nations of Europe, and to the whole world, the faith of the people of this land.”
- The highlight of my trip to Lithuania and one of the most impressive religious sites I’ve ever come across, the Hill of Crosses, near Siauliai.
- Hill-of-Crosses-1. The city of Siauliai was founded in 1236 and occupied by Teutonic Knights during the 14th century.
- (For me, this ratio is 3:1) Lithuania’s Hill of Crosses (Kryžių kalnas) was unique enough for me to make an exception, however.
- 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.