Panevezys

Overview

One can find attractive and mysterious places in every city. A guest in Panevežys will really find some places to admire.   Individuality and comfort of the city will be felt. Many details of the city have connections with the past. The past and the present verge in the centre of Panev�žys. 

Interesting fact to mention is that the inhabitants of Panevežys were the oldest pagans in Europe . In 1414 when all Lithuania had already been baptised altar was burning and the priests were making sacrifices to the old Lithuanian Gods in the present place of the Old River Bed. 

Nowadays granite monument of Alexander , the Great Duke of Lithuania and the King of Poland overlooks     in the settings of panorama of the Old River . On its palm, it gently swings St. Peter and Paul's Church, the descendant of the oldest Christian shrine of the city. 

One more trace is imprinted in the Old River Bed. Between the period of the Ist and the II nd World Wars Panev�žys was famous for the mills. Here, the water mill of 1848, nowadays reconstructed into luxurious hotel ROMANTIC, survived.

  The most favourite place for rest and various festivals is the Old River Bed- it is like a visiting card of the city, which could prove the fact that for many years Panev�žys has been a cosy and green city. Various sculptures make the Old River Bed livelier.

The building of J. Miltinis Drama Theatre is just several steps ahead from the Old...more

History