Vilnius, Lithuania
Hill of Three Crosses; Trys kryžiai. According to a legend, seven Franciscan friars were beheaded on top of this hill. In 1916, a concrete monument was designed by Polish–Lithuanian architect and sculptor Antoni Wiwulski. It was torn down in 1950 by order of the Soviet authorities. A new monument designed by Henrikas Šilgalis was erected in its place in 1989.
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Vilnius, Lithuania
Hill of Three Crosses; Trys kryžiai. According to a legend, seven Franciscan friars were beheaded on top of this hill. In 1916, a concrete monument was designed by Polish–Lithuanian architect and sculptor Antoni Wiwulski. It was torn down in 1950 by order of the Soviet authorities. A new monument designed by Henrikas Šilgalis was erected in its place in 1989.
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