Šeteniai (formerly ''Šateiniai'') is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

in the Kėdainiai District Municipality,

Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...

. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 31 people. It is situated north of

Kėdainiai Kėdainiai () is one of the oldest List of cities in Lithuania, cities in Lithuania. It is located north of Lithuania's second largest city Kaunas on the banks of the Nevėžis River. Kėdainiai were first mentioned in the 1372 Livonian Chronicle ...

, on the left bank of the Nevėžis River, next to the Vilainiai– Šventybrastis– Krekenava road. Šeteniai is the birthplace of the Polish poet

Czesław Miłosz Czesław Miłosz ( , , ; 30 June 1911 – 14 August 2004) was a Polish Americans, Polish-American poet, prose writer, translator, and diplomat. He primarily wrote his poetry in Polish language, Polish. Regarded as one of the great poets of the ...

. The Czesław Miłosz Cultural Center with an exhibition dedicated to Miłosz was opened on June 12, 1999. The Cultural Center is located in the former barn of the manor where Miłosz was born. The Cultural Center is used for cultural activities, conferences, and meetings. It is surrounded by a park showcasing

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s by international artists. Šeteniai is also the birthplace of Juozas Urbšys, a prominent interwar Lithuanian diplomat and the last

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in independent interwar Lithuania.

History

The Šeteniai Manor was likely established in the early 18th century. At the end of the 19th century there were 2 '' folwarks'' in Šeteniai, one was a property of the Siručiai (owners of the Sirutiškis manor), another was a property of the Kognovickiai (the Lančiūnava manor). Buildings of the former manor were destroyed in the 1950s.

Demographics

Notable people

* Juozas Urbšys (1896–1991), last interbellum Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs *

(1911–2004), Polish poet, writer and translator,

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laureate

Images

Šateniai2.JPG, Entrance into Šateniai Sateniai3.jpg, A

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in the Šateniai park Sateniai4.jpg, A roofed pole in the Šateniai park

References

Villages in Kaunas County Kėdainiai District Municipality {{KaunasCounty-geo-stub