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The State Tourism Department at the Ministry of Economy of Lithuania has classified the Geographic Centre monument and its reserve as a tourist attraction. 17 km away lies Europos Parkas, Open Air Museum of the Centre of Europe, a sculpture park containing the world's largest sculpture made of TV sets.
Magdalena Abakanowicz, Space of Unknown Growth. Europos Parkas (the "Park of Europe") is a 50-hectare open-air museum located 17 km from Vilnius, Lithuania.The museum gives an artistic significance to the geographic centre of the European continent (as determined by the French National Geographic Institute in 1989) and presents Lithuanian and international modern art.
Lithuania, [b] officially the Republic of Lithuania, [c] is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. [d] It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and the Russian semi-exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest, with a maritime border with Sweden to the west.
The Place by G.Karosas at Europos Parkas, Open-Air Museum of the Centre of Europe Geographical Centre of Europe monument in Lithuania. Europos Parkas; Gediminas Tower; Geographical Center of Europe; Grūtas Park; Hill of Crosses; Palanga Amber Museum; Rambynas; Stelmužė Oak; Three Crosses; Trakai Island Castle; Trakai Peninsula Castle
Girija is a village in Vilnius District Municipality, Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, it had population of 9. It is located near the Girija Lake . [1] The only Geographical Centre of Europe recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records is located in Girija. [2] [3] The village also hosts the Europos Centro Golf Club.
West-Central and East-Central Europe – this conception, presented in 1950, [90] distinguishes two regions in Central Europe: German West-Centre, with the imperial tradition of the Reich, and the East-Centre covered by a variety of nations from Finland to Greece, placed between the great empires of Scandinavia, Germany, Italy and the Soviet Union.
It said the European Union and NATO member state would keep defence spending. VILNIUS (Reuters) -Lithuania's new centre-left government took office on Thursday, led by Social Democrat Prime ...
Lithuania accepted the convention on 31 March 1992, making its natural and historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list. The first site added to the list was the Vilnius Historic Centre, in 1994. Further sites were added in 2000, 2004, 2005, and 2023. [3] In total, there are five sites on the list, [4] [5] [6] all of them cultural.