Zapyškis
Sign in to saveZapyškis (, Sapizishok) is a small town in Kaunas County in central Lithuania on the left bank of the Nemunas River. As of 2011 it had a population of 264.
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Place details
- Locality
- Kluoniškiai
- Region
- Kauno apskritis
- Country
- Lietuva
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
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- Zapyškis
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- Town
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- Zapyshkis church, Lithuania 2013-08-30 - from NE.jpg
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- The old church of Zapyškis
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- Zapyskis COA.jpg
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- Lithuania
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- Location in Lithuania
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- Country
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- Ethnographic region
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Lithuania
- Located in
- Zapyškis Eldership
- Population
- +264
- Elevation
- +76
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Image
- Zapyskis church.jpg
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Zapyškis (, Sapizishok) is a small town in Kaunas County in central Lithuania on the left bank of the Nemunas River. As of 2011 it had a population of 264.
==History== The town is famous for its old early Gothic church (built between 1530 and 1578), which is depicted in town's coat of arms. A new church was built in 1942. According to tradition, the village was originally the location of one of the larger pagan temples of the Baltic tribes.