Clock tower. Evangelic Lutheran Church. Silute. Lithuania. is a photograph by Ausra Huntington nee Paulauskaite which was uploaded on February 21st, 2012.
Clock tower. Evangelic Lutheran Church. Silute. Lithuania.
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Clock tower. Evangelic Lutheran Church. Silute. Lithuania.
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Ausra Huntington nee Paulauskaite
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Photograph - Photo
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Clock tower. Evangelic Lutheran Church. Silute. Lithuania.
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This is a Lutheran Evangelic church in Šilute, Lithuania. The church dedicated to Martin Luther, was completed in 1926, and is known for its interior murals depicting 104 famous historical personalities, among them Biblical figures Noah and Moses, Šilutė's local luminaries H. Scheu and T. Eicke, Roman Emperors Justinian and Constantine, founders of the reformation M. Luther and J. Calvin, and seccular people such as S. Kierkegard and Dante Alighieri. The church is open only during the mass.
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Šilutė itself, previously Šilokarčiama, German: Heydekrug) is a city in the south of the Klaipėda County, Lithuania. The city was part of the Klaipėda Region and ethnographic Lithuania Minor. Šilutė was the interwar capital of Šilutė County and is currently the capital of Šilutė district municipality.
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February 21st, 2012
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Comments (4)
John Telfer
Ausra great shot, I love the architecture in the church
Ausra Huntington nee Paulauskaite replied:
Thanks John. It's a very nice church, both outside and inside. I need to post other pics I have of it some day....