1. LITHUANIA

2. Lithuania on map

7. History facts We descended from the Baltic Tribes, that were living by the Baltic Sea about 1000 years BC.

8. History facts In the 14th-15th centuries Lithuania was the largest and most powerful state in Central Europe, extending from the Baltic to the Black Sea s

9. Lithuanian State was established in the 13 th century. The only King of Lithuania was Mindaugas.

10. History facts The Polish – Lithuanian Commonwealth, a dualistic state of Poland and Lithuania, was established in July 1569 (Rzeczpospolita)

11. History facts Independent between the two World Wars, Lithuania was annexed by the Soviet U nion in 1940

12. History facts Lithuania was the first of all the former Soviet republics to break away from the Soviet empire and restore its independence in 1990

13. History facts Lithuania subsequently restructured its economy for integration into Western European institutions and joined both NATO and the EU in the spring of 2004

14. Vilnius

15. Vilnius Vilnius – capital of Lithuania, the largest administrative centre

18. Old Town Higher Castle Museum Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania

19. Old Town Cathedral

20. Old Town Grand Duke Gediminas St. Anne's Church

21. Vilnius Modern Vilnius

23. KAUNAS

25. Kaunas

26. Kaunas

28. KLAIP Ė DA

30. Klaipeda

31. Klaipėda An Old Lighthouse

32. Seaside The main resort - PALANGA The length of Palanga bridge – 470 meters.

33. CURONIAN SPIT few images

34. Trakai T own on water The medieval capital of Lithuania is situated just 30 km from Vilnius and surrounded by a chain of lakes

35. Valdas Adamkus Vytautas Landsbergis Famous people (politics)

36. National Culture Famous people (music) M.K. Č iurlionis 1875 - 1911 G iedrius Kuprevičius 1945 Violeta Urmana - world famous opera singer

37. Natio nal culture Famous people ( literature ) Justinas Marcinkevi čius 1930 - 2011 Kristijonas Donelaitis 1714 - 1780

38. National Culture Famous people (sport) Arvydas Sabonis Žydrūnas Savickas Virgilijus Alekna

39. Basketball – the second religion in Lithuania

40. National Culture Food Potato pancakes The cepelinai Cottage cheese

41. Interesting facts Hill of Crosses Pope Jonas Paulius II visited Lithuania in 1993

42. Interesting facts Grut as park

43. National Culture Lithuanian songs and dances celebrations from 1920

44. Amber

45. The Crosses - unique Lithuanian art

46. Interesting facts Geographical centre of Europe The European geographic centre is situated in Vilnius region, 26 km from Vilnius, following the direction of Moletai, near Purnuskiu village, mound Bernotai.

47. Interesting facts Darius and Girenas flight

48. Interesting facts Kairys flight Acrobatic flying world champion and his flight under the bridge.

49. Nature of Lithuania There are 2830 lakes in Lithuania.

50. Nature of Lithuania There are 1000 mounds in Lithuania

51. Nature of Lithuania Escarpments are very imaginative

52. Nature of Lithuania We like mushrooms very much . It is the best of them – baravykas ( boletus or borovik).

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