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because of these words that the name
Kartena came about. In 2012, with financing from EU structural funds, the hillfort and its surroundings were tidied up and adapted for visitors. The hillfort, Witch's Stone and the Lourdes Grotto replica are connected by a circular overview trail, with a total length of 2.8 kilometres.
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Swedish and Russian armies. The Samogitian leader, who watched the battle break out in the valley from the towers of the castle, shouted out to his subordinates: “Watch out, the war is there!” (in Lithuanian “Veizėkiet, karė tenā!”). It is
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River and the surrounding valleys are visible from the hillfort. The hillfort has been dated to the 8th to 13th centuries, while the wooden castle that once stood there was a defensive and administrative centre for the
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