PLACES TO VISIT

Old Cemetery of Kretinga Parish

The cemetery contains graves of Franciscan monks from the 19th century; the grave of the botanist, priest, and monk J. A. Pabrėža (1849) along with a wayside shrine erected in 1933; and the grave of the priest Mykolas Valančius, the elder brother of Bishop Motiejus Valančius. There is also a stone chapel of Saint George, built in the first half of the 19th century, with the grave of the ethnographer and founder of the Museum of Kretinga, Ignas Jablonskis, nearby. Additionally, the burial site of the statesman, General V. Nagius-Nagevičius, and his relatives can be found here, along with the graves of resistance fighters from the "Sword" company of the Kretinga district. A monument commemorating the sufferings of the Lithuanian nation, designed by architect Edmundas Giedrimas, was unveiled on 1 November 1988.