Hill of crosses, situated in  Šiauliai in northern Lithuania

 The Hill of crosses is an important site of pilgrimage.  The origins of this is uncertain, but it is believed that the first crosses were placed after the 1831 uprising.

In the soviet period the crosses were demolished three times, but reappeared increasingly numerous.

In 1993 the Pope Giovanni Paolo II visited this place and donated a gorgeous cross that is situated at the entrance.

The exact number of crosses is unknown, but estimates put it at about 55000 in 1990 and 100000 in 2006. This site of pilgrimage is in fact very big, about 12 km long.

Hill of crosses is an important religious place, where everybody can put a cross for asking God something. 

When we went with our hosts we have the possibility to put something and I put a small wooden angel.

There is a legend which says that anyone who steals a cross or an angle from this place will die or will have an unhappy life.

I was amazed when I saw this suggestive place.

                                                                              Benedetta Felici