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Fountains route

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Briefly about the route

3.5 h.

5 km

Objects: 13

Road surface

100%

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On a hot summer day, we recommend testing the fountain route. The route is suitable for all ages.

Birštonas Tourism Information Center

Not many people know that Birštonas mineral water resort was a private town until the restoration of independence. What’s even more interesting is that written records of the resort date back to the 14th century when a fortified wooden castle was mentioned in the New Prussian Chronicle by Vygandas Marburgietis (Wigand of Marburg). In 1382, the Grand Master of the Order of the Teutonic Knights was informed that a homestead was founded by the salty water (near the Nemunas river). It happened almost 500 years before the location was granted official status as a resort! The small town began to be known as an oasis of rest...

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120 m

Mineral water pavilion „Birutės Villa“

In Vytautas Park, right next to the Nemunas embankment, you will see a white one-storey building with large windows. Come in at any time of the year. Sun loungers with fountains around the saltwater pool await holidaymakers. When you lie down, you can breathe calmly and deeply in the salty air watching the sky through the glass roof or the changing colors of the "waterfall". It is free of charge. Doctors claim that the natural mineral water evaporating in Birutė's villa is especially useful for patients with respiratory diseases or who want to prevent them, it has a positive effect on the skin, which contains...

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140 m

The Fountain at the medical SPA "Tulpes".

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120 m

"Water cures everything, water works wonders, prevention is better than cure" is a unique health philosophy that was developed in the 19th century. was created and perfected by the German clergyman Sebastianas Kneipas and is managed in the Birštonas resort. Wellness according to Sebastian Kneip strengthens the whole organism, strengthens the body and soul, strengthens the immune system. Holistic health improvement according to Sebastian Kneip is based on a system of 5 elements: water therapy, movement therapy, herbal therapy, harmony therapy, healthy diet. According to Kneipp's recommendations, a Kneipp garden...

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120 m

Birštonas whale

Birštonas whale can be seen before arriving at the resort - it is depicted on the city's coat of arms. Why? Known for centuries as a royal resting place, the city with a never-conquered castle, the residents decided that the best symbol is a mystical aquatic animal, reminiscent of a concrete sculpture of a whale found underwater in the Nemunas River and the stories of local fishermen about the giant catfish they caught. Let's start the story from the beginning. In the interwar period, on the bank of the Nemunas, there was Victoria's spring, covered with a canopy. in 1922 at the idea of the writer Juoz...

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140 m

Illuminated fountains

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290 m

Sculpture "Spring" bronze, sculptor Juozas Ruzgas, 2002-08-20

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1 km

"Druskupis" mineral water evaporation facility

The only one of its kind in Lithuania is the mineral water evaporation structure "Druskupis" in Biršton, where you can enjoy the particularly healthy "sea effect" air. People living in the resort and visiting guests of the city can try inhalations in the open air, strengthen health and strengthen the body with light therapy. In the park of Vytautas Jurgis Meška, in an open mineral water evaporation tower-pavilion of original architecture with a mineral water fountain and salt gallery, the mineral water flowing through the walls of the evaporator, under the influence of the sun and wind, spontaneously...

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75 m

Fountain flower garden

Horizontal fountain; acting, illuminated. Next to the "A" of the „Eglės sanatorija“. Built in 2014

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87 m

Fountain flower garden

Horizontal fountain; acting, illuminated. Next to the "B" of the „Eglės sanatorija“. Built in 2014

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540 m

Girl with a Jellyfish

Sculpture-fountain "Girl with a jellyfish" bronze; author of the sculpture sculptor Bronius Vyšniauskas, 1986 the author of the fountain project is architect Feliksas Jackevičius

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260 m

Sculpture "Children" bronze, granite; sculptor Mindaugas Navakas, 1984

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2.5 km

Royal Spa Residence’s fountain.

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