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Salakas

Salakas is a town in northeastern Lithuania with a population of 519 inhabitants according to the 2011 census. It is famous for the neo-romantic church of Lady of Sorrows. It was built in 1911.

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Place details

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

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Instance of: human settlement
Official name: Salakas
Country: Lithuania
Located in: Salako seniūnija
Population: +499
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Image: Salako Švč. Mergelės Marijos Sopulingosios bažnyčia.jpg

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Salakas is a town in northeastern Lithuania with a population of 519 inhabitants according to the 2011 census. It is famous for the neo-romantic church of Lady of Sorrows. It was built in 1911.

==History== The settlement of Salakas was first mentioned in written sources in 1496 when a local noble gifted some land with three serfs to the parish church in Salakas and in 1497 when , Bishop of Vilnius, gifted some land to a governor of Salakas.