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Archaeological objects and monuments
Mounds:
Apskritas kalnas (Round Hill) (Kiaukliai); Mančiušėnai; Raudonka
(near Sabališkės); Užburtas kalnas (Bewitched Hill) (Laužiškis;
about 1,5 km to the east from Šešuolėnai II); Maskoliškės; Pasodninkai;
Pikuolis Hill (Janoniai); Kernavė mounds: Mindaugas,
Aukuras (Altar), Lizdeika, Pilies kalnas (Castle Hill) and Kriveikiškiai),
site of an ancient castle and settlement (one of the centres
of formation of the state of Lithuania, site of battles against the
Teutonic Order).
Architectural objects and monuments
Villages:
• Mikalajūnai (street, patch) formed in the mid 16C during the
Valakas Reform.
Buildings:
• Bagaslaviškis Church (built in 1851, a monument of art)
• Šešuolėnai I manor and park (19C – early 20C; the park was
founded in the middle of 19C)
• Šešuolėnai II Church (built in 1901-1910, a monument of art,
Neo-Gothic)
• St Michael Archangel’s Church in Širvintos (built in 1855-1860, a monument of art)
• Čiobiškis manor (early 19C; architect L. Stuoka-Gucevičius; in
1794 the manor was bought by J. K. Pilsudski from Švikauskai)
• Čiobiškis Church Ensemble (built in 1810-1816, a monument
of art); belfry and chapel (both built in mid-19C);
• Kiaukliai Church (wooden, built in 1572, a new was built in
1907, burnt down, rebuilt now)
• Barbora’s Chapel in Musninkai (built in 18C, renovated in
1984-1985 by the design of architect V. Zonas)
• Musninkai Church (built in about 1873, a monument of art,
Neo-Gothic style)
• Alionys Church (built in late-19C – early-20C)
• Bartkuškis manor and park (19C – early 20C; the park was
founded in the 1st half of 19C)
• Kernavė Chapel (built in 1820-1822)
• Kernavė Church (built in 1910-1920; a monument of art; the
first church was built in this place by Vytautas the Great before
1430)
• Mausoleum chapel of Rėmeriai – Puzinai (built in 1856; 50
m to the east from Kernavė Church, Classicism style, octagonal
plan)
• Gelvonai Church (built in 17C, a monument of art)
Historical objects and monuments
Famous people’s homes:
Site of the countryside house of writer, diplomat I. Šeinius (real
surname Jurkūnas, born in 1889) in Šeiniūnai |
