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Natural PlacesSite Name: Velnio akmuo Alternative Name: Švendubrės akmuoCountry: Lithuania
NOTE: This site is 19.625 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Druskininkai Nearest Village: Švendubrė
Latitude: 53.985200N Longitude: 23.929000E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Velnio Akmuo (Devil's Stone) is the tenth largest random stones in Lithuania.
It stands West of Švendubrė, South of the famous spa resort Druskininkai, the last village just before the border with Belarus and on the right bank of the River Nemunas (Niemen).
The place has a magic of its own : borders being borders, all the more so when it is about the border between Europe and Belarus (a mere two km further South), you easily get a feeling of "end of the world" -- but inhabitants of the village of Švendubrė would discretely smile, would you talk so candidly.
Photo : June 2015.
Declared national archaeological monument in 1972. In 2005, the whole site, along with the three wooden sculptures (2004) representing legendary characters, has been raised to the status of state-protected cultural heritage site.
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