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Kernavė
Sign in to saveKernavė was a medieval capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and today is a tourist attraction and an archeological site (population 238, 2021). It is located in the Širvintos district municipality located in southeast Lithuania. A Lithuanian state cultural reserve was established in Kernavė in 1989. In 2004 Kernavė Archaeological Site was included into UNESCO World Heritage list.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Kernavė
- Ancient site.alternate_name
- Town
- Ancient site.image
- Kernave mounds 20200926.jpg
- Ancient site.caption
- One of the old hillforts at Kernavė
- Ancient site.map_type
- Lithuania
- Ancient site.map_alt
- Map showing location in Lithuania
- Ancient site.location
- Širvintos District Municipality, Lithuania
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
- Ancient site.abandoned
- 14th century
- Ancient site.epochs
- Middle Ages
- Ancient site.cultures
- Lithuanian
- Ancient site.excavations
- 1859, 1979, 1980–1983
- Ancient site.condition
- In ruins
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.child
- yes
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.Official_name
- Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė)
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.ID
- 1137
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.Year
- 2004
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.Criteria
- Cultural: iii, iv
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Kernavė was a medieval capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and today is a tourist attraction and an archeological site (population 238, 2021). It is located in the Širvintos district municipality located in southeast Lithuania. A Lithuanian state cultural reserve was established in Kernavė in 1989. In 2004 Kernavė Archaeological Site was included into UNESCO World Heritage list.
==Geographic information== thumb|upright|Kernavė Church, built in 1920
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