Places to visit

Guerilla stigmatisation site

Guerilla stigmatisation site, Plungės g. During the period of 1946–1951, istrebitels (destruction battalions) used to throw the bodies of guerillas of Kadagys squad (Bugantas detachment) of the "Sword" company of the Samogitian district who were killed in the surrounding areas of Kartena for identification and desecration at the cross erected in 1901 for commemoration of the anniversary of Christianity in the market square which was in this place. At the beginning of the 1970s the cross was demolished, on 5 May 1989 it was restored.