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You are invited to explore and travel 584 kilometres on the defence and natural heritage route.
Funding: 2014-2020 Operational Programme for the European Union.

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The territory of Klaipėda Castle is one of the oldest places in the port city and is the location from which the city grew. https://t.co/LhMjSNCv50

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Raudondvaris Manor is a monument dating from the beginning of the 17th century and is a fine example of Lithuanian Renaissance architecture.
https://t.co/Uae2pibo3U

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The tiny settlement of Gandinga on the right bank of the Babrungas river near the road connecting Plungė with Vėžaičiai was once an extremely important cultural, administrative and defence unit belonging to the historical land of Ceklis (Keklis).
https://t.co/j3htdV3Uh0

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It’s believed that Šarnelė Castle, which once stood on the mound, and Gardai Castle (the hill fort of Samogitian Calvary) probably belonged to the same Curonian castle district of the Ceklis land.
https://t.co/wYU10DflKV…/objec…/sarnele-hill-fort-with-settlement/

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Tunnel-type hideouts were the most popular in Klaipėda, something that may help explain the legend about a tunnel network established under the city that supposedly leads from the castle to the location of today’s Lithuanian Sea Museum.
https://t.co/dfBK8IrTQ9

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Neringa Fort, also known as the Fortress of Kopgalis, is the only remaining Prussian military heritage site in Lithuania dating from the second half of the 19th century. https://t.co/zHA4nn2tTB

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The thickness of Kaunas Castle walls was a riddle to Teutonic Knights. They asked about it in their letters while preparing for an assault on it. During the wars that took place in later centuries, the castle was severely damaged. https://t.co/ektZNvnKmK

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Ablinga village was first mentioned in the 16th century. It’s now almost completely disappeared and is perhaps best known for a tragic event that took place there during the Second World War. https://t.co/bwZ667BQUx

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At the picturesque Jonas Hill, located at end of the Turgaus Street, which begins at the Theatre Square, are the remaining restored fragments of the bastion defence system. The complex consists of three territories. https://t.co/FH044RXPlC’s-hill-geldern-bastion/

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Neringa Fort, also known as the Fortress of Kopgalis, is the only remaining Prussian military heritage site in Lithuania dating from the second half of the 19th century.
https://t.co/zHA4nn2tTB

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It’s said that there was once a temple on the hill fort and sometimes those who visit it have seen burning money. Travellers say that the most beautiful view of the hill fort is from the north, when its silhouette can be seen through the trees. https://t.co/mFMyKUPHue

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Hill forts in Plungė district, the most important legacy of our ancestors the Balts, are counted in their tens. You’ll find one such defensive object in the city of Plungė, north of the old Plungė cemetery where the All Saints Chapel stands. https://t.co/2DcgsnzoY8

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Probably due to the fact that it wasn’t known about for a long time, this is one of the best preserved hill forts in Lithuania and dates back to
the second half of the 14th century.
https://t.co/cg5YKqpnFK

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Between October 1941 and the second Soviet invasion of the city in August 1944, the IX Fort was used as a place of mass murder.
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Although Raudondvaris Manor House has features of a castle including a tower and holes for shooting, the manor never had a defensive purpose and was always representative. It was used by Lithuanian nobility and served as a centre of culture.
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The history of the Klaipėda Castle, which had both Gothic and Renaissance features, lasted for six centuries and ended in the second half of the 19th century when the last parts of its stonework were demolished.
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When it comes to hideouts all around Klaipėda, interest has been gathering recently when a tunnel was discovered.
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Perhaps due to its remoteness, Gerduv��nai Hill Fort is the subject of many legends, some of which are about ghosts. It’s said that during the holidays, an old man smokes a pipe at the top of the hill.
https://t.co/uHLt5g4BcC

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In October of 1944, they helped Klaipėda withstand 115 days of attacks – the longest of any city belonging to Germany at the time: https://t.co/pVsLNezEIh

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