Aukštadvaris

Aukštadvaris church

Aukštadvaris is a town in Trakai district municipality in Lithuania on Verknė river. According to 2001 census, it had population of 1031.

Aukštadvaris features Malewski Palace, built in 1837 by Antoni Malewski, which remained with the family until World War I (and housed a hospital after World War II). There is an old Adam Mickiewicz oak, under which the poet supposedly liked to sit.

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