The Hill of Crosses (Kryzių Kalnas) is situated on arable land, few kilometers from Siauliai on the road to Rīga.

People have put crosses for the last two centuries as expression of spontaneous religiousness and as symbol not of grief and death, but of faith and hope.

It is believed that the first crosses were put by the relatives of the victims of the rebellion in 1831 as the tsarist government did not allow the families to honor their deads properly. ... (more)