Å iluva

Siluva ( German, 18th Century: Schidlau ) is a town ( miestelis ) and seat of the homonymous Office ( kaimo seniūnija ) in the Rajongemeinde Raseiniai, Lithuania. It is known as the capital of Catholic pilgrimage. The village is part of the Regional Park Tytuvėnai and protected as an architectural ensemble.

Is the alleged appearance of the Virgin Mary on a rock in 1608, the basis for the pilgrimages. Around this stone, no doubt a former pagan worship, was built a chapel. In place of the original wooden chapel that stood until 1912, a 44 m high stone building was erected, which was consecrated in 1924. The chapel is called Sveikata ligonių (health to the sick - Mary, Health of the Sick ). The drain fair with several thousands of visitors takes place annually in September and is one of the largest and most important in Lithuania.

Pope John Paul II visited in 1993 Siluva. On this occasion, a helipad was set up in neighboring Tytuvėnai and paved the road connecting there.

• Town ( miestelis )
• Catholic pilgrimage site
• Marian apparition
• Rajongemeinde Raseiniai