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For guests, I present the most important cultural-cognitive objects of my home town, Plungė, which we are not only proud of but also admired by our guests.

Clock tower in Plungė

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Romantic Neo-Gothic style castle was built in the middle of XIX century by Count Zubovas in Plungė. It is the oldest red brick building in Plungė. This palace is like a small version of Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy. It has a 12-metre clock t...

Žemaičiai Art Museum

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Plunge manor / Žemaičiai Art Museum Plunge‘s people are prouded of The Samogitian Art Museum (Žemaičiai Art Museum). It‘s operating in Mykolas Oginskis Palace.Museum is a former ensemble of the Duke Michael Oginski’s (1849–1902) manor. The buildi...

The Cold War exposition

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Cold War Museum is located in the former Soviet Union`s complex of ballistic missile silo launch. Since 1963 up to 1978, there had been deployed four medium- range ballistic missiles SS-4, armed with 2- megaton power thermonuclear warheads. These mis...

The monument to Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis

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The monument to Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis was built in Plungė Park, next to the palace of Mykolas Oginskis. The place of the monument symbolizes the connection between these two personalities. Duke M. Oginskis was the main sponsor of M.K. Čiu...

Plunge House Where lived M.K.Čiurlionis

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The House of Painter-composer M.K. ČiurlionisIn the old rectory, in 1900-1910, there lived a pastor Vincentas Jarulaitis, who formed the project for the construction of a new brick church, and initiated the beginning to build the foundations. The wa...

Plateliai

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In historical sources this town started to be mentioned from the 15th century. At that time, Plateliai Manor, the settlement and the church stood on the Šventorkalnis peninsula, while at the end of 17th century they moved to the current location. In ...