Siauliai

Amazing photos of the Hill of Crosses in Siauliai, Lithuania, a small hill where hundreds of thousands of crosses have been deposited by pilgrims since the town was raided by Teutonic Knights in the 14th Century.

Boing Boing: November 9, 2003 - November 15, 2003 Archives 2003

The idea to name Siauliai International Airport in honor of the late U.S. president came from Lithuania's parliamentary foreign affairs committee, which recently voted in favor of the move.

The Seattle Times 2011

For your information I lived in a small city in Lithuania called Siauliai which has a rather large NATO base just out side the city and guess how many US solders were stationed there?

Original Signal - Transmitting Digg 2009

Today in 1236, the Lithuanians and the Semigallians defeated the Livonian Brothers of the Sword, German warrior monks who'd invaded their lands, in the Battle of Siauliai.

September 22nd, 2008 madkestrel 2008

While browsing around here for images to use in a previous post, I was reminded of the Hill of Crosses near the city of Siauliai, Lithuania.

Archive 2006-02-01 2006

While browsing around here for images to use in a previous post, I was reminded of the Hill of Crosses near the city of Siauliai, Lithuania.

Hill of Crosses 2006

One shows elders of the Jewish community in Siauliai, Lithuania, dressed in suits and carrying shovels to dig a trench.

Digitizing the Holocaust 2008

Visitors to this site, just off the main Siauliai to Riga road, will probably first notice the large wooden statue of Jesus with his arms wide apart in welcome.

Hill of Crosses 2007

VILNIUS - Pope John Paul, on his first trip to the former Soviet union, visits so-called "Hill of Crosses" near Siauliai that was

ANC Daily News Briefing 1993

Siauliai official Vaclovas Vingras said Wednesday the city council could approve it sometime in December.

The Seattle Times 2011