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Palanga (pronunciation (help· info)) is a city in western Lithuania, the capital of Palanga city municipality. Situated on the shore of the Baltic Sea it is the busiest Lithuanian summer resort with beautiful sand beaches (18 km long and in some places about 300 m wide), dunes and an unspoilt natural environment.[1] To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Image File history File links LietuvaPalanga. ... Image File history File links Palanga_COA.gif This image was taken from International Civic Heraldry. ... Lithuania is divided into historical and cultural regions: Aukštaitija (literally Upper Lithuania) comprises present Vilnius county, Utena County, Panevėžys County and the eastern part of Šiauliai County. ... Note: this article is about the ethnographic region of Lithuania. ... Map of counties and their capitals The territory of Lithuania is divided into 10 counties (Lithuanian: apskritys, singular - apskritis), all named after their capitals. ... Administrative divisions ISO_3166-2 code LT-KL Number of municipalities 7 Number of elderates 43 General information Capital KlaipÄ—da Major cities KlaipÄ—da (pop. ... Map of municipalities and counties in Lithuania. ... Palanga city municipality is a municipality consisting of small towns: BÅ«tingÄ—, Nemirseta, Palanga and Å ventoji and some villages. ... SeniÅ«nija (elderate or eldership in English) is the smallest administrative division of Lithuania. ... SeniÅ«nija (elderate or eldership in English) is the smallest administrative division of Lithuania. ... See Cartesian coordinate system or Coordinates (elementary mathematics) for a more elementary introduction to this topic. ... In politics, a capital (also called capital city or political capital â€” although the latter phrase has an alternative meaning based on an alternative meaning of capital) is the principal city or town associated with its government. ... Palanga city municipality is a municipality consisting of small towns: BÅ«tingÄ—, Nemirseta, Palanga and Å ventoji and some villages. ... Cities with over 250,000 inhabitants in Lithuania : Vilnius (Capital City) Kaunas Cities with 50,000â€“250,000 inhabitants in Lithuania : Alytus KlaipÄ—da PanevÄ—Å¾ys Å iauliai Towns with 30,000â€“50,000 inhabitants in Lithuania Jonava KÄ—dainiai MarijampolÄ— MaÅ¾eikiai TelÅ¡iai Utena Towns with 20,000â€“30... The Magdeburg Rights (or Magdeburg law) were a set of city laws regulating the degree of internal autonomy within cities and villages granted with it by a local ruler. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 1921 KB) Tyszkiewicz palace in Palanga, Lithuania. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 1921 KB) Tyszkiewicz palace in Palanga, Lithuania. ... Amber pendants. ... Image File history File links Palanga. ... Night view of Taipei City. ... In politics, a capital (also called capital city or political capital â€” although the latter phrase has an alternative meaning based on an alternative meaning of capital) is the principal city or town associated with its government. ... Palanga city municipality is a municipality consisting of small towns: BÅ«tingÄ—, Nemirseta, Palanga and Å ventoji and some villages. ... The Baltic Sea is located in Northern Europe, from 53Â°N to 66Â°N latitude and from 20Â°E to 26Â°E longitude. ...

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Myth

According to a legend, there was a pagan shrine at the foot of a hill during the 14th century. That shrine was where a beautiful priestess named Birutė used to light ceremonial fires. Having heard about Birutė, Kęstutis, the Grand Duke of Lithuania, rode over on his horse to take her for his wife. It is written in the Chronicles of Lithuania that Birutė "did not want to agree, and answered that she had promised the gods to guard her virginity as long as she lived. Kęstutis took her by force, and with great honor took her back to his capital of Trakai, where he invited his brothers and threw a big wedding...". After Kęstutis' murder, Birutė returned to Palanga and served the Gods until she died. She is buried in the hill which is now named in her honor. BirutÄ— hill chapel at the end of the 19th century BirutÄ— (died in 1382) was the second wife of KÄ™stutis, Grand Duke of Lithuania, and mother of Vytautas the Great. ... Pillars of Giedymin Castle of Trakai KÄ™stutis (approximate English transcription [kÃ¦s. ... The presumable banner of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania with the coat of arms, called ÐŸÐ°Ð³Ð¾Ð½Ñ in Belarusian, Vytis in Lithuanian and PogoÅ„ in Polish Another version of the Lithuanian banner The Grand Duchy of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos DidÅ¾ioji KunigaikÅ¡tystÄ—, Belarusian: Ð’ÑÐ»Ñ–ÌÐºÐ°Ðµ ÐšÐ½ÑÌÑÑ‚Ð²Ð° Ð›Ñ–Ñ‚Ð¾ÌÑžÑÐºÐ°Ðµ (Ð’ÐšÐ›), Ukrainian: Ð’ÐµÐ»Ð¸ÐºÐµ ÐšÐ½ÑÐ·Ñ–Ð²ÑÑ‚Ð²Ð¾ Ð›Ð¸Ñ‚Ð¾Ð²ÑÑŒÐºÐµ (Ð’ÐšÐ›), Polish: Wielkie KsiÄ™stwo Litewskie) was an... The castle in Trakai was recently rebuilt to a fanciful design. ...

History

Not far from Šventoji, archaeologists have come across a campground which suggests that the area was inhabited some 5,000 years ago. In historical documents the name of Palanga was first mentioned in 1161 when the king of Denmark disembarked there with his army.

In the 13th-15th centuries, Palanga had to deal with the Teutonic Knights in the south and the Livonian Brothers of the Sword in the north. The enemies never reached their goal of seizing the Lithuanian sea-coast from Klaipėda to Šventoji. Although Klaipėda passed into the hands of the German feudal lords under the 1422 Treaty of Melno, Palanga and Šventoji remained under Lithuanian control. The two towns gradually developed into significant trade harbours. British merchants settled in Šventoji in 1685. The prosperity ended in 1701, when the Swedish Army ravaged Palanga, destroyed the Šventoji harbour, and blocked up the wharfs with rocks. The Teutonic Order (German: Deutscher Orden, German Order; Latin: Ordo domus SanctÃ¦ MariÃ¦ Theutonicorum Ierosolimitanorum, Order of the Teutonic House of Mary in Jerusalem; Hungarian: NÃ©met Lovagrend, German Knighthood; Polish: Zakon KrzyÅ¼acki, Order of the Crossbearers; Lithuanian: KryÅ¾iuoÄiÅ³ Ordinas, Order of Crusaders) was a German crusading... Livonian Brothers The Livonian Brothers of the Sword (Latin Fratres militiae Christi, literally the brothers of the army of Christ), also known as the Christ Knights, Sword Brethren or The Militia of Christ of Livonia, was a military order organized in 1202 by Albert of Buxhoeveden, bishop of Riga (or... Location Ethnographic region Lithuania minor County Klaipeda County Municipality Klaipeda city municipality Elderate Number of elderates Coordinates 55Â°42â€²N 21Â°08â€²E General information Capital of KlaipÄ—da County KlaipÄ—da city municipality Population (rank) 188,767 in (3nd) First mentioned Granted city rights 1252 KlaipÄ—da (approximate English...

Tyszkiewicz pier in Palanga

Palanga was purchased in 1824 by Count Michał Tyszkiewicz. His grandson Józef Tyszkiewicz built a pier and acquired a ship to transport passengers and bricks to nearby Liepāja. Palanga began to develop as a resort in the early 19th century. The Tyszkiewicz pier has been a favourite spot for strolling and promenading since 1892. Józef Tyszkiewicz's son, Feliks Tyszkiewicz, built a neo-renaissance palace in 1897. Famous French landscape architect Édouard André built a large park around the palace in 1897-1907. The palace became a favourite gathering place for intellectual discsussions and concert performances. Prominent among the good friends and advisors of Feliks Tyszkiewicz was the notary, Jonas Kentra. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 1692 KB) Peer in Palanga, Lithuania Author: Wojsyl,2005 File links The following pages link to this file: Palanga city municipality Palanga Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 1692 KB) Peer in Palanga, Lithuania Author: Wojsyl,2005 File links The following pages link to this file: Palanga city municipality Palanga Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or... Look up Count in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Countess redirects here. ... LiepÄja LiepÄja (German: Libau, Lithuanian: Liepoja, Polish: Lipawa, Russian: Ð›Ð¸Ð±Ð°Ð²Ð° / Libava or Ð›Ð¸ÐµÐ¿Ð°Ñ / Liyepaya, Yiddish: ×œ×™×‘×Ö·×°×¢ / Libave) is a city in western Latvia on the Baltic sea. ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... ChÃ¢teau de FerriÃ¨res 1855 Mentmore Towers English Neo-Renaissance of the 1850s. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ... Jonas Kentra (1869 - 27 December 1942) was a Lithuanian patriot who died in a Siberian prison. ...

Following the 1864 ban on the printing of Lithuanian books and newspapers in Latin characters, Palanga had become an important point for the smuggling of Lithuanian publications. Rev. Marcijonas Jurgaitis, physician Liudas Vaineikis and Notary Jonas Kentra played leading roles in this action of cultural contraband. They organized an extensive network of smuggling and dissemination of the clandestine press. With Kentra gaining official approvals, a public gathering in 1899 featured the comedy Amerika pirtyje (America in the Bath) performed in Lithuanian. Alas, the Russian authorities stepped in with Vaineikis and 25 other people were punished by deportation to Siberia in 1901. KnygneÅ¡iai (singular: knygneÅ¡ys) is a Lithuanian word with no direct translation in any of the word languages (see Untranslatability), litteral translation of the parts of the word (knyga + neÅ¡ti) would mean something like book carrier. Actually, the word meant people who were smuggling printed material across the... Jonas Kentra (1869 - 27 December 1942) was a Lithuanian patriot who died in a Siberian prison. ...

The Tyszkiewicz palace park was converted into a botanical garden in 1960 and today it has 200 different types of trees and shrubs, including an oak tree planted by President Antanas Smetona. The palace, now the Amber Museum, has a nice display of amber jewelry and other artifacts. Symphony performances are conducted in the summer in the evening. Inside the United States Botanic Garden Inside the Rio de Janeiro Botanic Garden (Brazil), 1890 Botanical gardens (in Latin, hortus botanicus) grow a wide variety of plants primarily categorized and documented for scientific purposes, but also for the enjoyment and education of visitors, a consideration that has become essential to... Antanas Smetona Antanas Smetona (August 10, 1874 - January 9, 1944) was probably the most important Lithuanian political figure during the period between World War I and World War II. He was the first president of Lithuania from April 4, 1919 to June 19, 1920. ...

Location

Palanga is a resort town through which the Šventoji River and Rąžė (Samogitian: Ronžē) river inflow the Baltic Sea. Palanga extends from Nemirsėta in the south to the Latvian border in the north. The center of the 24 kilometer length of sea - coast is Old Palanga. Palanga includes Nemirsėta, Vanagupė, Kunigiškiai, Manciškiai, and Šventoji - five neighboring towns which were incorporated into the city after an administrative reform. Å ventoji is the longest river which is completely in Lithuania. ... This article is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... The Baltic Sea is located in Northern Europe, from 53Â°N to 66Â°N latitude and from 20Â°E to 26Â°E longitude. ... A kilometer (Commonwealth spelling: kilometre), symbol: km is a unit of length in the metric system equal to 1,000 metres (from the Greek words Ï‡Î¯Î»Î¹Î± (khilia) = thousand and Î¼ÎÏ„ÏÎ¿ (metro) = count/measure). ...

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