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Klaipėda is the third largest city in Lithuania and at the same time the country’s most important port. The city is located on the Baltic Sea coast at the point where the Curonian Lagoon empties into the sea. Klaipėda is an old city whose history dates to the Teutonic Order’s construction of the castle Memelsburg in the middle of the 13th century. Hence the name Memel, which Klaipėda was called until 1923.
Through centuries of German rule, Klaipėda developed with e.g. extensive fortifications, parts of which can still be seen like the Neringa Fort, which was constructed in the 19th century. Today, Neringa Fort houses the city’s exciting maritime museum and aquarium. The fort is located on the northern tip of the Curonian Spit, and the popular site also offers a dolphinarium, which has been a popular attraction since Soviet times.
Klaipėda’s old town is a pleasant place for a stroll, and attractions are not far away from each other. The neighborhood is characterized by the many buildings in not least German style, but also Scandinavian-inspired architecture. For example, you can see half-timbered buildings here, and the city plan itself with the right-angled streets in the center also differs significantly from other cities in Lithuania.
The preserved remains of the historic Memelsburg are one of the main attractions of Klaipėda. The castle is located outside the city center and behind large bastions. On the opposite side of the center are other parts of the old fortifications, and between them you can e.g. see the city’s drama theater and visit the historical museum. South of the center are interesting modern churches, some of which were built during the Soviet Union.
Liepāja is the third largest city in Latvia, and it is beautifully situated on the Latvian Baltic coast. The town was called Libau until 1920, and the name comes from the word liiv, which in Livonian means sand. And the sand and the water have been of great importance to the city over time, both as an ice-free harbor and as a popular destination for the many resort tourists who came here from the 19th century.
Liepāja was founded by knights from the Teutonic Order, and the city on the now historic river Līva developed to be a shipping point on the trade route between Amsterdam and Moscow. Liepāja was granted city status in 1625, and in the same century the city flourished with the colonization of Courland. The port was of great importance, and around 1900, 7% of Russia’s exports were shipped from Liepāja, just as around 500,000 people from the Russian Empire emigrated through Liepāja’s port.
Šiauliai is one of Lithuania’s largest cities and is in the northern part of the country close to the Latvian border. The city was probably founded in 1236 as a defense post against unrest in the region, and from the beginning of the 15th century Šiauliai began to develop as a town with agriculture, a church and other structures that formed a civil society. In the 16th century, the town gained city status and became the main town in the area.
However, it did not take long before Šiauliai was marked by new unrest and several plague epidemics, and in the 18th century the city practically had to be re-established. Antoni Tyzenhaus was responsible for a city plan that was inspired by classicism. He decided to rebuild Šiauliai with a rectangular street grid and with the construction of stone buildings, and the town plan can still be seen.
Kaliningrad is the westermost big city in Russia, and its history goes back more than 750. Many cultures and rulers have over the years influenced and developed the city to what it is today. There are sights from present-day Russia, from the former Soviet Union and from Kaliningrad’s past as German Königsberg.
There are several large squares in the city, and grand churches stand at some of them. Among them is the beautiful and centrally located Our Savior’s Cathedral, which overlooks the city and the newly constructed Victory Square with its gilded domes. The cathedral is a modern Russian Orthodox church, built with inspiration from ancient Russian church buildings.
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Overview of Klaipėda
Klaipėda is the third largest city in Lithuania and at the same time the country’s most important port. The city is located on the Baltic Sea coast at the point where the Curonian Lagoon empties into the sea. Klaipėda is an old city whose history dates to the Teutonic Order’s construction of the castle Memelsburg in the middle of the 13th century. Hence the name Memel, which Klaipėda was called until 1923.
Through centuries of German rule, Klaipėda developed with e.g. extensive fortifications, parts of which can still be seen like the Neringa Fort, which was constructed in the 19th century. Today, Neringa Fort houses the city’s exciting maritime museum and aquarium. The fort is located on the northern tip of the Curonian Spit, and the popular site also offers a dolphinarium, which has been a popular attraction since Soviet times.
Klaipėda’s old town is a pleasant place for a stroll, and attractions are not far away from each other. The neighborhood is characterized by the many buildings in not least German style, but also Scandinavian-inspired architecture. For example, you can see half-timbered buildings here, and the city plan itself with the right-angled streets in the center also differs significantly from other cities in Lithuania.
About the Klaipėda travel guide
Contents: Tours in the city + tours in the surrounding area
Published: Released soon
Author: Stig Albeck
Publisher: Vamados.com
Language: English
About the travel guide
The Klaipėda travel guide gives you an overview of the sights and activities of the Lithuanian city. Read about top sights and other sights, and get a tour guide with tour suggestions and detailed descriptions of all the city’s most important churches, monuments, mansions, museums, etc.
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Lithuania Travel Guide: https://vamados.com/lithuania
City tourism: https://visitklai-peda.lt
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