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Pilgrimage center in Lithuania
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Žemaičių Kalvarija meaning Samogitian Calvary is a village in the Samogitia region of Lithuania, 25 km northeast of the provincial chief town of Plungė. It's a Roman Catholic pilgrimage destination and in 2021 had a population of 600.
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This is the principle church, built in Baroque-cum-Neoclassical from 1780, and restored after various calamities.
By road from Kaunas head northwest on A1 then branch north on Highway 164 through Budrikiai and Plungė. From Vilnius either go via Kaunas or head north on A2 to Panevėžys, then west on A9 becoming A11 at Šiauliai.
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