- This small hill in the middle of farmland holds at least 60,000 crosses of all sizes, from tiny wooden crosses to crosses that are four meters tall, handcrafted...
- Today it is impossible to tell the exact number, but there are at least 100,000 crosses and other icons of varying sizes situated on and around the hill and the site is...
- No one really knows when the first crosses started appearing on this small hill just outside of the city of Siauliai in Lithuania, but some trace them back to uprisings...
- Nobody seems to know exactly when the Hill of Crosses began, although the local practice of raising cross memorials likely dates back as early as the 14th...
- Today there are hundreds of thousands of crosses, of all different shapes and sizes, and the hill has become a national pilgrimage site, and a symbol of peaceful...
- The hill is one of the most famous sites in the country. The origins of the tradition to make a pilgrimage and leave a cross are uncertain, however, it is associated...
- In 1990, when Lithuania finally regained its independence, it is estimated that the hill had more than 55,000 crosses!
- While the exact date that the Hill of Crosses came to be is not known, we do know that its origin dates back to at least the beginning of the 19th century.
- More than 100,000 crosses have been planted on this low hill, many of them strung with rosary beads that rattle softly in the breeze.
- The Hill of Crosses (known also as the Jurgaiciai Mound) is a site located in the northern part of Lithuania, about 12 km (7.46 miles) to the north of Šiauliai...