Sirveta regional park office - Community of the black alders - The forest of Šventa – The mounds of Šventa - The hollow - Wood of the white alders- hops - The lake of Ilgis - Place, where the lilies of the valley grow - The cemetery, the village cross - The mound of Aučynai - The telmological reserve of Salotis
Distance: 4-5 km
The route for those who love nature and have not lost a feelings of miracles when seeing a blooming flower or a rare animal, as there one can see black and white alder trees, hops, black meleta birds, white fragrant lilies...
Alders. Black alders is a typical type of trees covering ~5, 6 percent of the area of the forests of Lithuania growing up to 35 m in height and 70 cm in diameter. The woodpeckers and other birds hatch in the hollows of the black alders. White alders grow only up to 20 m in height. They are very important for the preservation of the biological variety in the wood ecosystem.
The pine and fir forest of Šventa. The total territory of the forest is 90 ha. Cycling through the woods could be very exciting for biologists and other nature lover, as it is rich in biological variety, e.g. there are about 25 various anthills of the brown ant in the forest of Šventa at the moment.
The barrow of Šventa. It was established in the land of Nalšia in the IX – XII centuries. There are 30 barrows extant in the forest. Interesting that there has been found a skeleton of a horse in one of the barrows.
The lake of Ilgis has the territory of 28 ha and is characterized by the plenty variety of the fish.
The cross and cemetery of Aučynai village. There are altogether 40 village crosses in the territory of Sirvėta regional park. Some of them are decrepit and decayed, others are renewed. The cross of Aučynai was rebuilt in 1990 on the crossing of the parishes of Švenčionys and Ceikiniai by craftsman V.Sližauskas. The cemetery of Aučynai village is one of six working in the territory of the park belonging to the landscape reserve of the villages of Pailgis. First people were buried here about 1800. In the cemetery the rebel of 1941 Juozas Šalna has been buried.
The mound of Aučynai was pitched in the land of Nalšia, not far from the lakes Ilgis and Salotis. It is an oblong hill in the shape of the truncated cone and with a scarp. The field of the mound is already difficult to define; it is oval one, about 20 m in length and 15 m in width. The defence was not detected on the mound, only the sides are sharp, up to 11 m in height. The archaeological researches showed that on the western base of the mound there possibly existed an old settlement.
The nature reserve of Salotis was established to preserve the typical and unique complexes of the wetlands. Its area is 84 ha. It includes the lake of Salotis with surroundings. In the reserve one can find all types if wetlands. In the telmological reserve there are a lot of rare birds living, the black stork flies here to feed. From a viewpoint of the biological variety, this is a very valued teritory. It is necessary to employ all possible protecting measures to preserve this unique natural corner.
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Laisvės sq.1, LT-18111 Švenčionys, Švenčionių district |
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Sventos village |