Molėtai () ( pl, Malaty) is a town in north eastern Lithuania surrounded by lakes. One of the oldest settlements in Lithuania, it is a popular resort for the inhabitants of

Vilnius Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional urb ...

. According to the 2013 census, it had 6,302 inhabitants. The town is located about north of Vilnius and south of

Utena Utena () is a city in north-east Lithuania. It is the administrative center of Utena district and Utena County. Utena is one of the oldest settlements of Lithuania. The name of the city is most probably derived from a hydronym. The name of the s ...

History

It was first mentioned as a private property of the

bishop of Vilnius Bishops of Vilnius (Vilna, Wilna, Wilno) diocese from 1388 and archdiocese (archdiocese of Vilnius) from 1925:

in year 1387. On August 29, 1941, 700 to 1,200 Jews were murdered in a mass execution perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen of Lithuanian nationalists. The victims of the massacre were commemorated in a march to the site, and a memorial was unveiled there, on the 75th anniversary, in 2016.The Road to Death (75th Anniversary of the Murder of the Jews of Molėtai) at lzb.lt
Accessed 26 April 2017 In modern times the city has Molėtai Astronomical Observatory, the only such facility in Lithuania. And Lithuanian Museum of Ethnocosmology - the first such type of museum in the world.

Gallery

File:Molėtai, ženklas.JPG, Molėtai sign File:Moletai001.JPG, Molėtai Church of St. Peter and St. Paul exterior File:Molėtų bažnyčia, viduje.JPG, Molėtai Church of St. Peter and St. Paul interior File:Molėtai, parapijos namai.JPG, Molėtai Church House File:Jonas nepomukas moletai.jpg,

John of Nepomuk John of Nepomuk (or John Nepomucene) ( cs, Jan Nepomucký; german: Johannes Nepomuk; la, Ioannes Nepomucenus) ( 1345 – 20 March 1393) was the saint of Bohemia (Czech Republic) who was drowned in the Vltava river at the behest of Wenceslaus ...

sculpture File:Molėtai, arena.JPG, Molėtai Arena File:Molėtai, Jaunimo aikštė.JPG, Molėtai Youth Square File:Molėtai, paštas.JPG, Molėtai post office File:Molėtai. Globos namai.JPG, Molėtai Child Care Home File:Molėtai, savivaldybė.JPG, Municipality of Molėtai File:Molėtai, menų mokykla.JPG, Art School of Molėtai File:Molėtai, gimnazija.JPG, Molėtai Gymnasium File:Molėtai, pagr. mokykla.JPG, Molėtai Primary School

References

External links

Molėtai tourist information centrePlaces of interest

Virtual Tour of Molėtai
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Town's homepage

The murder of the Jews of Molėtai
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World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

, at

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