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Pakretuonė watermill |
VISITING OBJECTS
• Labanoras church
Labanoras Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary parish church had risen from ash and
reborn for new life. Not even two years had passed and during frosty night of 20th of
December of 2009 the fire had usurped just restored second Labanoras church that was
standing for two centuries. Looking to burning temple the people did not expect that
during incomplete two years new - the third – Labanoras church will be built.
• Pakretuonė watermill
Pakretuonė is small village in Švenčionys district aside which at Kretuona stream an
old Pakretuonė watermill is standing. In fact the mill and surrounding territory is
privatized and fenced with high fence but arrived tourists are admitted here for a pay of
several litas and can get an eyeful of this old miracle of engineering.
It is worth to round to Pakretuonė mill to all that want to feel authentic spirit of
Upper Lithuania village. The territory includes leisure and wellness camp of Lithuanian
national Martynas Mažvydas library. Its old and authentic buildings include leisure
houses with 2, 3, 4-seated rooms, bathhouse, hall with the fireplace and, of course, the
old Pakretuonė watermill with cascades of unique impression is standing. It is very
pleasant to splash under these cascades during hot summer day.
The strength of mill water flow is regulated by the gates installed on the bridge. The
much you will withdraw them the more the flow gushing by the waterfall will be stronger.
Only the rope fastened to the edges will help to keep one’s footing. But event if claw
hold of it there is a big possibility to be precipitated down the stream so you should
claw hold of it stronger.
• Cirkliškis homestead of former estate (XIX century)
This homestead is in at 2 km from Švenčionys at southwest side of the road to Vilnius.
Memorial buildings – palace, icehouse, forge. Representative Avenue guides from the road
to spacious parterre opposite the palace. The ensemble had been created in the beginning
of XIX century. Its owner Domicelė Sekežinskaitė-Mostovskienė was one of the
organizers of its project. XIX a. Cirkliškis estate had his visitors like historian
Joachimas Lelevelis, artist Jonas Rustemas and other culture persona. Mostovskiai had
maintained the rebellion of 1863 year. In the end of XIX century the estate had come to
Chaleckiai. After World War II the homestead was intercepted by Soviet economy and later
agricultural technology school was established. Currently it is Švenčionys professional
preparation centre.
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• Spring “Lino verdenė“
Lino verdenė is on a hill overgrown with pinewood. Its height is 15–17 m and it is in
lower part of the slope near Sėtikis Lake (6–10.5 m from it). Height difference between
the spring and the level of Sėtikis Lake is 0.85 m. Absolute height of the spring is
around 171.2 m. The spring is falling; its output is concentrated and does not migrate.
Area length of this output (waterhole) is 1.5–1.8 m; the width is 0.45 – 0.5 m. It
accommodates in the pool of horseshoe form which is affluent with stone wall from the side
of the lake and is 40–47 cm depth. The bottom is hard (sand with small boulders), in
many places covered by stonewort and kelp. The water from the pool overflows through the
top of stone wall and flows to Sėtikis Lake by three shallow channels which are 15–20
cm width and around 8 cm length. Remaining higher part - suphosic circus part above the
spring waterhole output – is fleshed with lush grass. Here horsetails and other water
plants sprout.
Spring water is clear, colourless and odourless; his taste reminds a little bit swamp
water with iron. Water temperature reaches +7.50C (1990-08-14), +7.60C (1990-09-11) and
+8.00C (1999-06-03). It did not freeze in winter. Total mineralisation – 225.4 mg/l.
This is fresh, medium hardness, hydro carbonate magnesium calcium water - in accordance to
chemical composition. In comparison with fresh drinkable water quality standards (maximum
permissible concentrations of the components), the water of this spring has approximately
3.3 times larger quantity of iron.
The discharge of Lino verdenė spring is 5.88 l/s or 507.67 m³ per day. Previously water
from the spring had rushed more intensely but now it became less due to reclamation of
surrounding territories. New affluent wall is bricked from field stones (previously it was
wooden). It has 30 cm width and 60 cm height with 3 valleys on the top made from basaltic
cut stone.
Lower part of suphosic circus is strengthened with the boulders of 20-30 cm diameter
wedged in soft soil. The majority of them are under the water. Older people tell that in
the slope above Lino verdenė where quite smooth place remains approximately 50 years ago
the hut was standing and some woman was selling spring water for money. Thus she had saved
such quantity of money that had bought for it large house somewhere...
• Švenčionys herb factory
“Švenčionių vaistažolės” – the biggest company in Baltic States producing
medicine, vulnerary and medicinal teas and food additives. The company had already
presented its production for the users of foreign countries. Herb factory in Švenčionys
was established even in 1883, but the World War II had suspended its activity and in 1944
it was burned by Nazis that had receded from Švenčionys. The factory had recovered only
in 1955. The first workshop of herb packaging started to operate at that time. In 20 years
the capability of the factory had increased more than twice – in 1982 already 542 tones
of herbs were processed, 427 tones of herb teas were packaged.
Although Švenčionys herb factory was the only company of Soviet Union producing remedial
teas, industrial area of the factory did not grow. Industrial equipment was deplorable –
obsolete and old. The factory cannot satisfy enormous demand so contemporary Ministry of
Medical Protection decided to rebuild and expand the factory. Reconstruction was started
in 1991 but political and economical changes in the country did not allow finishing them.
In 2000 the company was acquired by company “VIP Progres“. In two years the building
of the factory was reformed, the newest in Europe technological line of tea packaging was
mounted.
• Kochanovka survey tower
Švenčionys district, Švenčionys region, Sirvėta Regional Park. Height of the tower is
26 m. While driving down the road Švenčionys–Mielagėnai (No. 4401) need to turn at
third kilometer to the left and only 0.4 km lefts till the tower. After lifting to the
height of 26 meters the panorama of Bėlis Lake and Sirvėtos Regional Park forests
overlooks.
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| Spring „Lino verdenė“
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Švenčionys herb factory |
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