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Bicycle route "Around Kupiškis Lagoon"

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Briefly about the route
37 km
7.5 h.
5
Route surface

The length of the route is 42 km

 

1. Kupiškis (Aukštupėnai) mound.

The mound is located near the town of Kupiškis (Aukštupėnai village), near the Kupiškis lagoon. Historians believe that the mound was a wooden castle of the community - a hiding place, the earliest beginning of the future town. It is believed that the fortifications or castle of Kupiškis mound were destroyed during the first marches of the Order's army around 1240.

Aukštupėnai First Resort - Pajuodupė Village (1.4 mi / 2.3 km)

 

2. Ušvės Tongue Dendrological Park.

Within the boundaries of Pajuodupė village, the Lėvens River and the Pajuodupė stream were separated by a peninsula (Uošvės Liežuvis), but after digging an artificial canal, the peninsula turned into an island with an area of 8.97 ha. The development of a dendrological park on the island began in 1988. More than 30 different tree species have been planted here, there is a sculptural group of H. Orakauskas.

Pajuodupė Village - Bagdoniai Village (4.2 mi / 6.7 km)

 

3. Russian Old Believers Church in Bagdoniai village.

Bagdonys is a village in Kupiškis district, on the left bank of the Lėvens. In the village there is a church of Russian Old Believers, which was first mentioned in written sources in the 20th century. at the beginning. 1915 it burned down, and by the efforts of the community in 1938. the current stone church was built, and a cemetery was installed next to it.

Bagdoniai village - Laukminiškės village (7.34 km)

 

4. Laukminiškės Village Museum.

There is a museum near the Kupiškis Lagoon, the home of the parents of the writer, the first Lithuanian radio announcer Petras Babickas and the actress Unė Babickaitė (Une Baye), where visitors can get acquainted with the 19th century. end-XX century. the history of the Babickai family and life activities.

Laukminiškės village - Vainiūniškis bridge - Elniškės village (7.04 km)

Elniškės village - Palėvenėlė village (10.09 km)

 

5. Palėvenėlė St. Church of the Virgin Mary.

This church is located in Kupiškis district, on the right bank of Lėvens. In Palėvenėlė in 1769. A wooden chapel was built in 1803, after which the manor owner Kazimieras Moigis burned in 1803. built a new brick church. This church is in the classicist style with baroque elements. Dominykas Šafronas and Simonas Šultė were once priests in Palėvenėlė.

 

6. Palėvenėlė village - Drūlėnai village (4.49 km)

Drūlėnai - Aukštupėnai first resort (2.61 km)

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