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Raktuvė Hillfort (Žagarė II Hillfort) and the Savior Chapel
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Raktuvė Hillfort (Žagarė II Hillfort) is the site of the 13th-century Samogitian castle of Raktė, significant in the history of battles against the Livonian Order. First mentioned in 1272, the castle was burned down in 1289 and never rebuilt, yet its location is considered the birthplace of the town of Žagarė.
At the top of the hillfort stands the wooden Savior Chapel of the Raktuvė cemetery, which has become a site for the exhibition of crucible works and photographs titled "Sacred Blacksmithing Monuments in Žagarė." Nearby is a preserved wooden bell tower and a wayside shrine built in 1826, dedicated to the victims of the plague of 1709-1711.
The cemetery is the final resting place of Father Kazimieras Aleksandravičius, a distributor of banned Lithuanian press, and Father Adomas Paulauskas, an author of religious books, whose graves are protected by the state.
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