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Betygala
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Betygala is a small town in Kaunas County in central Lithuania. As of 2011 it had a population of 488. In the 13th and 14th centuries the town had a noted Samogitan fortress, attacked by the Teutonic Knights numerous time. One of the first churches in Lithuania was built in the town. Mikalojus Daukša was the parish pastor from 1592 to 1603.

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Betygala
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Town
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Monument for Vytautas in the center of Betygala
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Lithuania
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Location in Lithuania
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Country
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Ethnographic&nbsp;region
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Samogitia
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County
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20px Kaunas County
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Municipality
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Raseiniai district municipality
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Eldership
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Betygala eldership
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Betygala eldership

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Betygala is a small town in Kaunas County in central Lithuania. As of 2011 it had a population of 488. In the 13th and 14th centuries the town had a noted Samogitan fortress, attacked by the Teutonic Knights numerous time. One of the first churches in Lithuania was built in the town. Mikalojus Daukša was the parish pastor from 1592 to 1603.

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Betygala” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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