This poignant statue of a mother with a headscarf, a suitcase in one hand, and the hand of a small boy clutching a teddy bear in the other, stand outside the train station. It was given by Germany to 碍濒补颈辫臈诲补 to remember Germans who said goodbye to their homeland after the city became part of Lithuania in 1923.
香港六合彩即时开奖's must-see attractions
26.87 MILES
Where the Nemunas, Lithuania's largest river, spills into the Curonian lagoon, it splits into four distributaries: the Skirvyt臈, the Atmata, the Pakaln臈鈥
29.98 MILES
The 52m-high Parnidis Dune is simultaneously mighty and fragile. Past settlements around Nida have been engulfed by the moving sand dune but this is a鈥
12.81 MILES
A coven of wooden sculptures is gathered on a forest-clad hill in Juodkrant臈, carved by Lithuanian artists over the years since 1979. At this open-air鈥
13.24 MILES
Housed in a neoclassical palace built by Count Feliksas Tiskevicius in 1897, this revamped museum showcases what is reputedly the world鈥檚 sixth-largest鈥
29.46 MILES
The Orvydas Garden was the work of stonemason Kazys Orvydas (1905鈥89) and his oldest son turned Franciscan monk, Vilius (1952鈥92). The carvings were鈥
28.86 MILES
This delightful woodland cemetery features some fine examples of krik拧tai (wooden grave markers). Their origins hark back to Lithuania's pagan roots and鈥
14.01 MILES
One of Europe's largest colonies of cormorants and grey herons is amassed in the forest 1km south of Juodkrant臈. Wooden steps lead from the road to a鈥
1.02 MILES
The castle museum is spread across four exhibition spaces around 碍濒补颈辫臈诲补's castle 鈥 two of these are located in atmospherically lit tunnels and deal with鈥
Nearby 碍濒补颈辫臈诲补 attractions
1. Monument to Martynas Ma啪vydas
0.27 MILES
This monumental 3.5m sculpture in granite depicts Martynas Ma啪vydas, author of the first book published in Lithuanian in 1547. It's located north of the鈥
0.28 MILES
Established on the site of the main cemetery of the old Prussian city of Memel (碍濒补颈辫臈诲补 in a former incarnation), in 1977, this L-shaped park became an鈥
0.47 MILES
This gallery is renowned for the bold works by the Prussian-born expressionist painter Pranas Dom拧aitis (1880鈥1965), who spent his last years in South鈥
0.59 MILES
If you want to know what makes things tick, look no further than this niche museum that explores human measurement of time, from the earliest sundials to鈥
0.7 MILES
This monument commemorates the 1918 Act of Tilsit and 1923 碍濒补颈辫臈诲补 Revolt, key stages in the incorporation of Lithuania Minor within the rest of the鈥
0.88 MILES
This fine neoclassical theatre, built in 1857, stages productions in Lithuanian. Hitler proclaimed the Anschluss (incorporation) of Memel into Germany鈥
0.89 MILES
Dedicated to the 碍濒补颈辫臈诲补-born German poet (1605鈥59) who was the focus of a circle of K枚nigsberg writers and musicians, this fountain supports a statue of鈥
0.89 MILES
A replica of the 1912 statue of Little Annie of Tharau sculpted by Berlin artist Alfred Kune (the original was destroyed in WWII) and inspired by a famous鈥