Aukštupio Merkinė – an old manor belonged to a number of noble families: the Radvilas, the Sluškis, the Potocki, the Duninas, the Sanguškis, the Korsaks. In 1767, the manor was bought by a young priest, Povilas Ksaveras Bžostovskis, a statesman of Lithuania and Poland at that time. After buying the …
A very valuable monument in Jašiūnai is the cemetery of the Balinskis and the Sniadecks, located in the forest in front of the palace, on the right bank of the …
The village of Kaniūkai is located on the south-eastern edge of the Rūdnininkai Forest, near the current Lithuanian-Belarusian border, on the Šalčios River. In 1920-1939, Kaniūkai belonged to Benekainiai parish …
Žagunis was born in 1957 in Pakruojis district, studied in Trakai and Lentvaris. After graduating from the Vilnius Construction Technical College, he worked as a foreman, construction engineer and senior …
