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THE ORIGIN OF KĖDAINIAI NAME

THE ORIGIN OF KĖDAINIAI NAME. According to the legend the name of Kėdainiai originated from the name of a rich merchant Keidangenas, who came from Curonia and set up a small fishing village.

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THE ORIGIN OF KĖDAINIAI NAME

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  1. THE ORIGIN OF KĖDAINIAI NAME • According to the legend the name of Kėdainiai originated from the name of a rich merchant Keidangenas, who came from Curonia and set up a small fishing village.

  2. Archeological investigations show that Kėdainiai developed from a small settlement of fisherman and land cultivators, established in the beginning of the 14th century on the right bank of the Nevėžis river, right there where now the Didžiosios rinkos square is located. It has been determined that the settlement, which at first occupied about 4 ha, expanded towards the end of the century

  3.  Kėdainiai is one of the oldest towns in Lithuania which has an impressive and historically unique place – Old town. The history of the town is counted from 1372, when Kėdainiai were first mentioned in Livonian Chronicle by Hermann Wartberge.

  4. TheTownHall

  5. The Town Hall is one of the three, which still remain in Lithuania. It is a two-storey Renaissance style brick building of rectangular design. Earlier there had been a prison and archives in the basement of the Town Hall. Shops used the first floor. The second floor was an office of the magistrate. After the huge fire in 1770, the Town Hall was devastated. Today, art exhibitions, concerts and representative events are held there.

  6. ChurchofEvangelicalReformats

  7. Church of Evangelical Reformats. (1631-1653) It is a splendid Renaissance style church, with four baroque towers. It looks like a stronghold. The basement of the church contains a family mausoleum of the Counts Radvilos. This is the only reconstructed burial site of highranking noblemen in Lithuania.

  8. Father Stanislovas

  9. Father Stanislovas (1918-2005) was assigned to Paberžė, this small village became an object of attraction. People come to Paberžė not only in pain or for church rituals, but also to touch the live wisdom of the Great Master. Father Stanislovas repaired and decorated the church, cleared up the village cemetery. He placed original monuments in the churchyard and in the cemetery, established a “keeping-place” of unique canonicals, prayer-books, lamps, bells, pots, sun-shaped crosses, millstones, wood carving articles and other valuable items in the rectory and a nearby granary.

  10. Mineret

  11. Minaret. There is a unique building in the outskirts of Kėdainiai. It was built by the Russian general E. Totleben.

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