Palanga (pronunciation (assist·information); Samogitian: Palonga, Polish: Połąga, Latvian: Palanga, German: Polangen) is a seaside inn metropolis in western Lithuania, on the shore of the Baltic Sea.
It is the busiest summer motel in Lithuania and has beaches of sand (18 km, eleven miles long and as much as three hundred metres, a thousand toes extensive) and sand dunes.[1] Officially Palanga has the fame of a city municipality and includes Šventoji, Nemirseta, Būtingė, Palanga International Airport and other settlements, which are considered as a part of the town of Palanga.Legend[edit]
According to a legend, there has been a pagan shrine on the foot of a hill in Palanga where a beautiful priestess named Birutė used to generally tend the ceremonial fires. Having heard of Birutė's beauty, Kęstutis, the Grand Duke of Lithuania, came to make her his spouse. It is written inside the Lithuanian Bychowiec Chronicle that Birutė "did not consent, and replied that she had promised the gods to stay a virgin so long as she lived.
Kęstutis then resorted to take her with the aid of pressure, and with notable pomp delivered her lower back to his capital, Trakai, in which he invited his kinsmen and celebrated with a lavish wedding..."[2]Kęstutis become later murdered and Birutė lower back to Palanga and resumed serving at the shrine till her loss of life. The legend claimed that she became buried inside the hill which is now named after her.History[edit]
Liepojos-Vytauto streets 1899–1925–2010
Kurhauzas (German: lodge house)
Not a ways from Šventoji, archaeologists found an encampment which indicates that the location changed into inhabited some five,000 years in the past. Between the tenth and 13th centuries Palanga have been one of the important settlements of Mēguva Land, inhabited by means of the Curonians. Situated upon the path of the historical Amber Road, it became a middle of Mobile Legend exchange and crafts.
In ancient files the name of Palanga changed into first mentioned in 1161 when the King Valdemar I of Denmark disembarked there together with his army and captured the fortress of the Curonians.
Between the 13th and 15th centuries, the population of Palanga needed to confront the Teutonic Knights within the south and the Livonian Brothers of the Sword within the north. Their adversaries were not able to acquire their aim of taking pictures the Lithuanian sea-coast from Klaipėda to Šventoji. In 1422, below the Treaty of Melno Palanga passed to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.[three] Harbour of Šventoji progressively advanced into center of exchange. British traders set up organizations in Šventoji in 1685. During the Great Northern War, the Swedish Army ravaged Palanga, destroyed the harbour at Šventoji, and blocked up the entrance with rocks in 1701.
After the Third Partition of Poland and Lithuania in 1795 Lithuania have become part of Russian Empire. In 1819 Palanga got here from Vilna Governorate to Grobin County of Courland Governorate.
In 1824, the manor of Palanga changed into purchasedby Count Michał Tyszkiewicz (1761–1839). His grandson Józef Tyszkiewicz constructed a pier and engaged ships to transport passengers and bricks to close by Liepāja. Palanga commenced to increase as a resort inside the early 19th century. The pier has been a fave spot for taking a stroll and different endeavor since 1892. Józef Tyszkiewiczs's son, Feliks Tyszkiewicz, commissioned the development of the neo-renaissance Tiškevičiai Palace, built through the famous German architect Franz Schwechten in 1897.
The French landscape architect Édouard André designed a huge park around the palace, between 1897 and 1907.The palace became a fave amassing area for concert performances. Amongst the good pals and associates of Feliksas Tiškevičius changed into the notary, Jonas Kentra.
Following the Lithuanian press ban of 1864, Palanga have become an important place for the smuggling of Lithuanian guides from the west. The Rev. Marcijonas Jurgaitis, health practitioner Liudas Vaineikis, and notary Jonas Kentra, played giant roles on this pastime. After Kentra obtained authentic permission, a public overall performance providing the comedy, America within the Bathhouse (Amerika pirtyje), became accomplished inside the Lithuanian language. This had formerly not been accredited. However, later the Tsarist government deported Vaineikis and twenty-five other people to Siberia in 1901.[4]
In 1919, after the breakup of the Russian Empire, Palanga became a part of Latvia, like the rest of the Courland Governorate. In 1921 the metropolis became peacefully transferred to Lithuania following a Lithuanian-Latvian treaty and giving Lithuania get right of entry to to the sea.[five]
The Tiškevičiai Palace's park turned into converted right into a botanical lawn in 1960. Today it incorporateshundred extraordinary sorts of bushes and shrubs, including an all righttree planted by President Antanas Smetona. The palace, now the Palanga Amber Museum, has an intensive series of amber jewelry and other artifacts. Symphonic live shows as well as different musical gala's and occasions take location within the summer time, normally within the evening.Location[edit]
Palanga is a resort metropolis thru which the Šventoji and Rąžė (Samogitian: Ronžē) Rivers flow into the Baltic Sea. Rąžė turned into previously referred to as Alanga and gave Palanga its call:[quotation wanted] Palanga which actually method on the Alanga River. The Palanga municipality extends 24 kilometers from Nemirseta within the south to the Latvian border in the north. Palanga is subdivided to Nemirseta, Vanagupė, Kunigiškiai, Manciškiai, and Šventoji – five neighboring fishermen villages which were united into one town following administrative adjustments to the location. During the time when the Klaipėda Region become part of Germany, Nemirseta become the northernmost village of East Prussia; conversely Palanga was a border checkpoint between Russian Lithuania and Germany.Transportation[edit]
The municipality is accessed by roads from Klaipėda and Šiauliai. There are no railroads in the municipality (the nearest rail connection is in Kretinga, the capital of the Kretinga district municipality). Palanga's International Airport, the third largest in Lithuania, offers connecting flights to Scandinavia, Germany, United Kingdom, Poland and to the biggest city in Baltic States - Riga, Latvia. The airport is located between Palanga and Šventoji, and it handles more flights within the summer time because of the hotel nature of the municipality.Places of interest[edit]
In the summer season, a mess of travelers live in Palanga, each for its beaches and to enjoy the maritime atmosphere. There is a carnival centered on Jonas Basanavičius Street, that is a pedestrian-handiest thoroughfare for the duration of the high season. There are dozens of eating places, bars, rides, and other varieties of enjoyment.
The aforementioned Palanga Amber Museum is open to the public, as are as the museum's great botanical gardens. Anaičiai Ethnographic Cemetery holds a group of 19th- and early 20th-century graves. In the Sculptures Garden, you possibly can find 28 cutting-edge Art statues by means of artists from Armenia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine.
Also found in Palanga is one of the oldest working pharmacies in Lithuania. It turned into set up within the mid-19th century.
The metropolis is also domestic to a nearby radio station, FM Palanga.Notable people[edit]Birutė (died 1382) become the second one spouse of Kęstutis, Grand Duke of Lithuania, and mother of Vytautas the GreatJulius Brutzkus (1870–1951) a Lithuanian Jewish historian, student, and politician.Boris Brutskus (1874–1938) a Russian economist, compelled to exile by using the Bolshevik authorities in 1922Vladas Jurgutis (1885 in Joskaudai near Palanga – 1966 in Vilnius) a Lithuanian priest, economist, and professorLiudvikas Narcizas Rasimavičius (born 1938) a Lithuanian flesh presser. In 1990 he became among those who signed the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of LithuaniaAndrew Von Etter (1940–1967) a Boston mobster, emigrated along with his parents to the United States in 1947.Edmundas Benetis (born 1953) a Lithuanian architectRaimundas Palaitis (born 1957) a Lithuanian flesh presser, Minister of the Interior from 2008 to 2012Indrė Šerpytytė (born 1983) a Lithuanian artist in London, works with pictures, sculpture, set up and portray.Renaldas Seibutis (born 1985) a Lithuanian expert basketball participantJustė Juozapaitytė (born 1994) a Lithuanian version, splendor competition contestant and entrepreneur.Karolis Laukzemis (born 1992) a Lithuanian professional soccer participant.Twin cities – sister towns[edit]
Palanga is twinned with:[6]Significant depictions in popular culture[edit]Palanga is one of the beginning towns of Lithuania within the flip-based totally approach game Medieval II: Total War: Kingdoms.[7]See additionally[edit]OšupisReferences[edit]
