Meteliai Regional Park Visitor Center
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Meteliai Regional Park Visitor Center is located On the southern shore of Lake Dusia. It is the place, where activities can be enjoyed by children and adults alike. The exposition creatively presents the life of rare Lithuanian pond turtles living in the surrounding area and the history of Meteliai region. Specialists of the visitor center conduct excursions and educational activities by prior arrangement.
Veisiejai Regional Park Visitor Center
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Veisiejai Regional Park Visitor Centre is located in the pavilion of the former Veisiejai manor. In the centre you can visit and get acquainted with the interactive exposition “Life between the Waters”. The exposition spaces present general information about the regional park, the hilly region of Šlavantai, the landscape of Ančia, the lakeside surroundings of Kapčiamiestis and Veisiejai, as well as historical, natural, cultural and tourist information. Here visitors can find out which routes can be taken on foot, by bicycle, by car, by horse or by kayak.
Meteliai Observation Tower
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Between Dusia and Metelys lakes, in the southern part of Meteliai village stands a 15 meter high Meteliai Regional Park Observation Tower, which was designed by architect A. Gudelis. By surrounding metal structures with wooden beams, the tower was perfectly integrated into the beautiful landscape of Meteliai Regional Park. The 15-meter-high observation tower offers panoramic views of Metelys Lake, Meteliai village, Kemsinė meadow and a narrow stretch of Dusia Lake. On the other side of the lake is Papėčiai mound. From the top of the tower it is convenient to watch the birds swimming in the lake.
Veisiejai Observation Tower
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In Kailiniai village, one kilometer southeast of Veisiejai, in the northwestern part of Lake Snaigynas stands 15 meter high Veisiejai Regional Park Observation Tower. From above the tower not only the beauty of Lake Snaigynas with its three islands can be observed, but also the panorama of Veisiejai city. This tower was built in just six weeks out of 25 tons of metal structures. Its geometry is simpler, but its architecture is unique: it resembles a cup surrounded by a spiral staircase which rises to the viewing platform. Visually lightweight and unloaded structures give the building gracefulness and lightness.
Lazdijai Regional Museum
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The Lazdijai Regional Museum is located in one of the oldest buildings in the city of Lazdijai. Seinai “Žiburys” gymnasium operated in this building during 1920-1936. The “Old Gymnasium Classroom”, which presents the history of the region’s education, is installed in the museum. Priest Motiejus Gustaitis welcomes the visitors of this exposition. Museum reflects the history of the region, exhibits archaeological finds, copies of old maps and various historical documents. The second floor holds an exhibition dedicated to Salomėja Nėris.
Ethnographic Homestead of Pranas Dzūkas
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The homestead reflects rural mode of life in Dzūkija in the beginning of XX c. This museum was founded in 1970, in the village of Delnica. The homestead consists of a farmhouse, granary, thrashing-floor, good barn, old barn and blacksmith. All buildings have exhibits of antique farm implements, furniture, and household items. During the summer, ethnographic celebrations take place in the homestead. Near the museum is the theater “Sodžius”.
Musical Fountain in Veisiejai
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Veisiejai town is located on the peninsula of Lake Ančia. Veisiejai city area is an urban reserve. The only fountain in Lithuania with light and sound installation is located in Ančia Lake, near the beautiful Veisiejai City Park. It was installed in the autumn of 2008 as a part of the Lazdijai District Municipality’s project “Modernization of public tourism objects having the greatest influence on the development of active tourism business in Lazdijai District Municipality” financed by the European Union structural funds. Its total value was about 3.8 million litas. During the project, the infrastructure of Veisiejai City Park stadium was cleaned up, a new outdoor stage, walking and cycling paths were built in the centre of Veisiejai city. The Fountain of Veisiejai was the first in the country to attract thousands of spectators from all over Lithuania and foreign countries.
Border Road “Iron Curtain”
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Following the signing of the MolotovRibbentrop Pact, the Baltic States were annexed in the summer of 1940. The Soviets started organizing the Lithuanian-Polish border guard: they built barriers and started to build border guards throughout the 104 km stretch. But the war with Germany started in 1944 stopping the construction work. In 1944, after the signing of the Soviet-Polish border treaty, the former Lithuanian-Polish demarcation line was replaced by an iron “high barbed wire wall” (Polish-USSR border). Barbed wire wall and the electrical alarm system were
dismantled when Lithuania was preparing for its accession to the EU. Currently, the layout of a barbed wire fence can be seen by tourists traveling on a border road that was previously inaccessible to ordinary residents.
Mound of Rudamina with Settlement
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The mound is one of the most famous monuments of the Yotvingians, who were living in Užnemunė. For defense purposes, the mound was used in the V -XIV centuries. It is situated on a hill formed in four times during the postglacial period, which is 198 m high, 60 m wide and 83 m long. The early fortified settlement was guarded by a wooden fence at the edge of the hill. Wooden defensive fortifications rose above the embankment. One of the most powerful Yotvingian castles, Duke Ringaudas castle, was built on the mound in 1240.
According to legend, Mindaugas was crowned the king in this castle. It is believed, that the castle was destroyed by the Teutonic Knights in 1381, when gunpowder bombs were used for storming.
Mound of Prelomčiškė with settlement
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The mound is the legacy of Yotvingians, who lived here in XIII century. It is one of the largest and most impressive mounds of Meteliai Regional Park. The mound is located on the western shore of Lake Dusia. At the foot of the mound was a big Jotvingiai settlement, and on the mound stood a well-fortified wooden castle. The spectacular panorama of Lake Dusia can be seen from the top of the mound. Every July a celebration of Oninės is held by this mound.
