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information about lithuania  SiaulaiciaiLithuania, Joniskio Rajonas
very impressive hill with thousands of crosses of every kind, or every size.
Located midway between Kaunas and Riga
Uploaded: Oct, 31 2008 | Taken: Aug, 25 2005| Viewed: 47 times  | 5 votes
Camera:  Canon PowerShot G6 | Exposure 1/640s, f4.0 | FLength: 28mm

plancarpin - Nov, 01 2008 08:11am
please watch in 1024 if possible!

aufgehts - Nov, 02 2008 10:11pm
It's amazing the detail you can see in this photo, JP. Is this a cemetary or just a gathering place for crosses?

plancarpin - Nov, 03 2008 10:11am
Jill, this is not a cemetary..this is more like a gathering place for local people, dating back from the soviet time to express their faith... Soviets removed the crosse at least 3 times during occupation, but new crosses popped again the next day..Pope John Paul II visited the place in 1993.
if you want more, here's a link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill_of_Crosses

jorgesanchez - Nov, 04 2008 05:11am
This is a most fantactic place.


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