One of
Lithuania's most awe-inspiring sights is the legendary Hill of Crosses.
The Hill
of Crosses, Kryzių Kalnas, located 12 kilometers north of the small industrial
city of Siauliai is the Lithuanian national pilgrimage center.
When I
heard we were going to see the hill of crosses, I expected it would be climbing
up hill. To my surprise, standing upon a small hill are many hundreds of
thousands of crosses that represent Christian devotion and a memorial to
Lithuanian national identity.
Planted
here since at least the 19th century and probably much older, the crosses were
bulldozed by the Soviets, but each night people crept past soldiers and barbed
wire to plant more, risking their lives or freedom to express their national
and spiritual fervour.
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