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Archaeological objects and monuments
Mounds:
Burbiškės; Medvėgalis (near Karužiškė; site of Medvėgalis
Castle and battles against Teutonic Knights in the 14C); Treigiai;
Bilionys; Padievytis; Gedminiškė; Pilių (~2 km to the west from
Kaltinėnai); Rūbaičiai; Padievaitis (~2 km to the south from
Kvėdarna; site of Kvėdarna Castle and battles against the Teutonic Knights); Pavėžis (near Drobūkščiai); Kazokai; Rubinavas;
Gegužkalnis (near Gegužiai; site of Gegužė Castle and battles
against the Teutonic Knights in the 14C); Lileikėnai; Pakisis; Simėnai;
Dapkiškės
Architectural objects and monuments
Buildings:
• Požerė Church (built in 1868, a monument of art)
• Laukuva cemetery chapel (built in 18C; reconstructed in 1829
and 1899)
• Laukuva Church (built in 1853-1856, a monument of art)
• Kaltinėnai cemetery chapel (built in 1798)
• Tūbiniai Church (built in 1824, a monument of art)
• Varsėdžiai Church (built in 1816-1817, reconstructed in
1844 -1845 and 1895, a monument of art)
• Bardžiai Water Mill (built before 1810)
• Teneniai Church (built in 1731, a monument of art)
• Upyna Church (built in 1835, a monument of art); belfry (built
in 19C) and churchyard with the fence and gate (built in 19C)
• Žvingiai cemetery gate (built in 1873)
• Didkiemis Church (built in 1796, reconstructed in 1853 and
1884, a monument of art)
Urban objects and monuments
• Central part of Laukuva town formed before the end of 19C
• Central part of Kvėdarna town formed in the 1st half of the
20C
Historical objects and monuments
Buildings:
• Poškos baubliai - two summerhouses carved out in the oak
trunks in Bijotai (one was built in 1812, the other - later). In
1812, D. Poška opened the 1st Lithuanian museum in them.
Famous people’s homes:
• Place of the countryside house of American Lithuanian public
activist, journalist L. Jonikas (born in 1891) in Apvaršuva
• Place of birth of linguist K. Jaunius (born in 1848, Lembas)
• Place of birth of the President of Lithuania (1922-1926) A.
Stulginskis (born in 1885, Kutaliai)
• Countryside house of pilot S. Girėnas (born in 1893) in Vytogala
• Site of countryside house of priest, linguist K. Kasakauskas
(born in about 1792) in Didkiemis
Museums:
• Upynos museum of folk crafts
• Vladas Statkevičius museum in Šilalė
• Priest, linguist K. Kasakauskas barn-museum in Lembas village |
