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10 Interesting Facts About Panevėžys

Author Isolated Traveller

Published on: 05/09/2020

Facts About Panevėžys

1. Panevėžys was first mentioned in 1503.

2. Freedom Square is under reconstruction from 2019 to December 2020.

3. The coat of arms with the red gate was adopted and formally approved in 1993.

4. The Population of Panevėžys is 85,885, as of 2020.

5. Panevėžys, city, north-central Lithuania, on the Nevėžis River.

6. anevėžys is the fifth largest city in Lithuania.

7. Panevėžys occupies 52 square kilometres.

8. Since 1989 Panevėžys has been organizing International Ceramics Symposia. The unique collection of ceramics is the biggest in the Baltic countries and is added to each year.

9. Panevėžys is one of the starting towns of Lithuania in the turn-based strategy game Medieval II: Total War: Kingdoms.

10. Panevėžys is twinned with: Daugavpils, Latvia; Gabrovo, Bulgaria; Goes, Netherlands; Kaliningrad, Russia; Kalmar, Sweden; Kolding, Denmark; Lublin, Poland; Lünen, Germany; Maramures, Romania; Mytishchi, Russia; Rakvere, Estonia; Rustavi, Georgia; Toyohashi, Japan; Vinnytsia, Ukraine & Vitebsk, Belarus.