PLACES TO VISIT

Imbarė Hillfort

If Imbarė Hillfort took part in a beauty contest, it would definitely get to the finals. The hillfort, cleared of trees of limited value, is one of the most impressive and probably the most important hillforts in the Kretinga district. The Curonian castle which stood on the hillfort in the 10th–13th centuries was an administrative and economic centre of Ceklis land. Imbarė Castle was so important that it even competed with Apuolė Castle, and the street system found in the settlement at the foot of the castle suggests that in the Middle Ages Imbarė had some features of a town. The castle was abandoned around the year 1263. Later on, there was a manor on the hillfort. It is said that the manor vanished into thin air. This place is more than a hillfort; it is a full archaeological complex.