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Almost in the middle of the town, at the intersection of Šiluva and Skogalis streets, there is a hill called St. George's Hill. According to legend, this was a Lithuanian sacred site - an alkas. An eternal flame burned under an oak tree, tended by 12 maiden priestesses and 12 young men. After Christianity was introduced in Lithuania, a wooden St. George's Church was built here, which served until the Tytuvėnai Bernardine Church, funded and built by Valavičius, was established. Afterward, only St. George's Chapel and the surrounding cemetery were mentioned on the hill. Today, only traces of the foundations remain, along with a few stones and marks that once identified the cemetery.
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