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In this brief video you can find seven little known facts about
Lithuania.
More information about the video content bellow:
1. Lithuania is the geographical center of
Europe. After a re-estimation of the boundaries of the continent of Europe in
1989, Jean-George Affholder, a scientist at
French National Geographic Institute determined that the geographic centre of Europe is located at 54°54′
N 25°
19′E, near the village of Purnuškės.
The method used for calculating this
point was that of the centre of gravity of the geometrical figure of Europe.
2. Lithuania was the first country to declare its independence from the
Soviet Union. After a landslide victory in elections to the
Supreme Soviet, members of Sąjūdis, an anit-communist party, proclaimed Lithuania's independence on 11
March 1990, becoming the first
Soviet republic to do so.
The Soviet Union attempted to suppress the secession by imposing an economic blockade.
Soviet troops attacked the
Vilnius TV Tower, killing 14
Lithuanian civilians and wounding 600 others on the night of
13 January 1991 (
January Events).
3.
The country is home to one of the largest moving sand dunes in Europe. Hollydays in Lithuania must include this spot! The
Curonian Spit is a unique and vulnerable, sandy and wooded cultural landscape on a coastal spit which features small
Curonian lagoon settlements. The
Spit was formed by the sea, wind and human activity and continues to be shaped by them.
4. The capitalof Lithuania,
Vilnius, is home to a break-away hipster republic. In
1995, a group of Lithuanian artists and intellectuals erected a statue of
Frank Zappa in the nation’s capital Vilnius. Two years later, on
April Fool’s Day 1997, the city’s bohemian quarter declared itself the independent
Republic of Uzupio.
5. Lithuania has the fourth best basketball team in the world.
Basketball is insanely popular here and the country has adequate representation in the
NBA. The country's men's team ranking fourth in the world and having won three bronze medals at the
Olympics. The team goes by the nickname "
The Second Religion".
6
. In the early
13th century, the map of Lithuania was much larger. The tribes in the area formed the
Kingdom of Lithuania, quickly expanding outwards into Mongol-controlled
Russia, as well as segments of
Poland,
Ukraine, and
Belarus. By the late
14th century this
Grand Duchy of Lithuania was the largest kingdom in Europe.
At the end of the
18th century the
Commonwealth was dissolved, and Lithuania was effectively split between Russia and
Prussia.
7. Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, is known for its
Old Town of beautiful architecture. Its
Jewish influence until the
20th century has led to it being described as the "
Jerusalem of Lithuania" and
Napoleon named it "the Jerusalem of the
North" as he was passing through in 1812.
More
Info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographical_midpoint_of_Europe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuania#
Modern
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/994
http://theculturetrip.com/europe/lithuania/articles/the-republic-of-u-upis-bohemia-in-lithuania/
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/10-things-you-didnt-know-5398110
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-should-i-know-about-lithuania
.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilnius
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- published: 08 Aug 2015
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