The height of the hill is 234 m. Medvėgalis is the central, most famous fortress that defended Samogitia from the attacks of the Crusaders. The Medvėgalis archeological complex consists of hills of Medvėgalis, Pilis, Pilioriai, Alka, Ąžuolai, Sumonai. The origin of the name of Medvėgalis. It is said that there was another powerful castle at the top, once besieged by iron-armed enemies, which even the bravest defenders of the castle could not overcome: they had to call for help from Medininkai. But no one dared to go through the iron siege. Then two girls appeared who told the lord of the castle, "We can." They managed to descend at night and relay important news and thanks to them the castle was liberated. Castrum Medewagilin was first mentioned in the Teutonic Chronicles in 1316. This time the castle did not dare to attack, but in 1329 the combined armies of the Teutonic Order and King John of Luxembourg of the Czech Republic defeated an army of 6,000 defenders of the castle, persecuted the land, and baptized the community after persistent battles, but the latter soon returned to the old faith. A total of 20 marches are known of the Order against Medvėgalis. D. Poška, ​​M. Valančius, S. Daukantas, L. A. Jucevičius wrote about the warlike past of Medvėgalis in their works, Maironis dedicated his poems to it.