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Rambynas Hill (shrine, mythological value)

55.087, 22.021
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This is the Vilkyškės limestone formed about 14 thousand years ago in the gap of glaciers and is identified by an exceptional value - size and magnificence. It is also a cultural heritage site of national significance (a mythological site, a hill) at the top of the right slope of the Nemunas Valley. It is indicated that it has been with a ramp. Details of the mound did not remain because it had been washed away by Nemunas before the nineteenth century. On the night of September 12, 1835, the rest of its northern slope collapsed to Nemunas. The smaller collapse of the rest of the slope happened in 1878. Now only the bottom part of the northern foothills of the hill remains, covered in woods, descending into the Nemunas Valley on a 40 m high slope. A pink granite stone on the side of the mountain was recognised as holy, but was blown up in 1811. Historical experts reasonably believe that a red granite stone, respectfully anchored on the mountain with Gediminas pillars carved in it, is a fraction of the old elbow. Historians associate the origin of Rambyn's word with the root of the ram - which the words calm, which also is used in tranquility-sanctuary. The Land is the most famous sanctuary of Skalva land, it is it's heart. Engulfed in stories, filing and legends. Rambynas' fame was revived at the start of the national revival. In 1988, Rambynas adopted a “Eco-protest march” followed by thousands and bringing to Skalva the news of the Lithuanian Revival. Since 1884, Joninės celebrations have been organized here. In 2017, this festival was awarded the Certificate of National Heritage. The highest place of the mountain has a sightseeing site, from which opens one of the 10 most beautiful panorama views in Lithuania. There's a second staircase in the old place to get down towards the Nemunas. Linguists associate the name Rambynas with the Lithuanian word rumbo - prominent hardening, scar, ascension - and Latvian rumba (ridge, hill).