Alanta
Sign in to saveAlanta (dialectal Aukštaitian name Alunta, , Yiddish אַוואָנטע) is a small town in Molėtai district municipality, Lithuania. It is the administrative seat of the Alanta Elderate. According to a census in 2011, Alanta had 348 residents. It is situated at the crossing of two roads: Molėtai–Anykščiai and Utena–Alanta–Ukmergė. The town's St. Jacob's church was built in 1909.
Key facts
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- Alanta
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- Alunta
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- EET
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- +2
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- +3
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- Location of Alanta
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- Alanta church.jpg
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- St. Jacob's church in Alanta
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- Lithuania
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- Location of Alanta
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- Country
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- Ethnographic region
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- Aukštaitija
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- County
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- 17px Utena County
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- Municipality
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- Etymology of the name
- History
- Palace of Alanta estate
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Alanta (dialectal Aukštaitian name Alunta, , Yiddish אַוואָנטע) is a small town in Molėtai district municipality, Lithuania. It is the administrative seat of the Alanta Elderate. According to a census in 2011, Alanta had 348 residents. It is situated at the crossing of two roads: Molėtai–Anykščiai and Utena–Alanta–Ukmergė. The town's St. Jacob's church was built in 1909.
The Synagogue of Alanta is one of only 17 surviving wooden synagogues in Lithuania.