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Palūšė

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Place details

Locality: Palūšė
Region: Utenos apskritis
Country: Lietuva
Population: 0

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Palūšė
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.pushpin_map: Lithuania
Settlement.pushpin_relief: 1
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Palūšė
Settlement.image_skyline: Lithuania Paluse church.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: 18th-century wooden church in Palūšė
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Ethnographic region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Aukštaitija
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Utena County
Settlement.subdivision_type3

Key dates

Inception: 1651

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: village
Country: Lithuania
Located in: Ignalina District Municipality
Population: +92
Elevation: +159
Official website: paluse.lt
Image: Lithuania Paluse church.jpg

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Article

5 sections

Contents

Tourism
Geography
Notable people
References
External links

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Palūšė is a tourist village in the Aukštaitija National Park in eastern Lithuania. It is located south-west of Ignalina. The church of Palūšė, built in 1750, is considered to be one of the oldest surviving wooden churches in Lithuania. The church is constructed from wood and was built without using nails, only with saws and axes. It was featured on the one litas banknote. According to the 2011 census, it had 83 residents. Lithuania singer and composer Mikas Petrauskas was born in Palūšė.