アリートゥス郡での周辺の簡単なハイキングとウォーキング

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A very nice and comprehensive information center with friendly staff. Various hiking routes start from here.

The monument was built in 1929. The author of the impressive 13-meter-high monument (9-meter pedestal and 4-meter trumpeting angel) is Antanas Aleksandravičius. It is said that the sculptor persuaded a young gymnasium teacher to pose for him. By the way, the sculptor himself married when he was almost 60, raised a son and a daughter. The Angel of Freedom is a sign of respect and remembrance for those who died for the independence of Lithuania. The monument has had to withstand several tests of nature and history: in 1934, the sculpture collapsed after being struck by lightning (it was restored three years later), and in the 1950s it was demolished for political reasons. In 1991, sculptor Jonas Meškelevičius restored the sculpture of the Angel of Freedom, and sculptor Jonas Blažaitis restored the bas-reliefs of the monument.

View of the Memel

Unfortunately, the mineral water fountain was turned off when I visited, but the hall with the stained glass windows is worth seeing.

A beautiful walking path follows the river bank. Two excursion boats are also anchored here

There were still smaller shops on the ground floor, the hotel is abandoned and the facade is crumbling.

the hike was good, the beautiful city of Alytus and great green nature.