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SEVEN WONDERS OF THE LAND OF ŠIAULIAI

THE HILL OF CROSSES with over 200,000 crosses.
Every year, the hill is visited by thousands of tourists from
all over the world.
SUNDIAL SQUARE with the highest sundial in Lithuania
and a gilded sculpture “Šaulys” (“Archer”) that has become
the city’s symbol.
THE ENSEMBLE OF TYTUVĖNAI CHURCH AND
MONASTERY – one of the most interesting and largest
examples of Lithuanian sacral architecture, adorned with
frescoes, dating back to the 17th-18th centuries.
THE BUTTERFLY EXPOSITION – you will find the
largest collection of diurnal butterflies in Lithuania in the
Akmenė Regional Museum.
CHERRIES OF ŽAGARĖ – a four-day cherry festival
and the election of the most beautiful scarecrow in one of
the most unique Lithuanian towns in Joniškis land.
WINDMILLS OF PAKRUOJIS – the wind accelerating in
wide plains is turning the vanes of as many as 18 windmills.
THE TULIP FLOWERING FESTIVAL – held every
spring in the Burbiškis manor, Radviliškis land; as many as
half a thousand tulip species burst into flower.