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COLLECTION OF BOWL STONES AND MILLSTONES

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The exposition of Pasvalys boulders will surprise anyone interested in ancient culture. It was collected by Antanas Stapulionis and donated to Pasvalys Museum. The open-air collection of bowl stones and millstones contains some 321 accurately documented specimens: 214 millstones, 64 bowl stones, 7 foot stones, 2 boundary marking stones and an exhibition of mill gears. It is here that the religion of the ancient Balts and the gods and goddesses worshipped at home survived the longest. Some of the stones from the 15th and 16th centuries were later used for other purposes (grinding, pressing, wheels, etc.).

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Lithuania

Historic land

Semigallia

Nature / landscape

Stones

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