Hill of Crosses in Lithuania
These are photos of unknown author from Hill of Crosses.
It has more than 50,000 crosses on it, and no it is not a cemetery.
The reasons for the crosses to be there is that there is a story that each one who would put his own cross on this mountain would become a lucky guy, so thousands come here and install their custom crosses.
They say this tradition appeared before the Christianity came to Lithuania and Russia and is of pagan origin.
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March 17th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
how beautiful. what city is this in?
January 21st, 2009 at 9:07 am
About 12 km north of the city of Šiauliai, in northern Lithuania. Been there, loved it. As soviets occupied Lithuania, they worked hard to remove new crosses, and bulldozed the site at least three times, also tried to flood it. And ,as I remember, those crosses aren’t for luck, its a monument for rebels who died fighting with Russians for independence as no bodies could be found..
April 7th, 2009 at 7:52 pm
About 12 km north of the city of Šiauliai, in northern Lithuania. Been there, loved it. As soviets occupied Lithuania, they worked hard to remove new crosses, and bulldozed the site at least three times, also tried to flood it. And ,as I remember, those crosses aren't for luck, its a monument for rebels who died fighting with Russians for independence as no bodies could be found..