Dieveniškės historic regional park

DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT 1992

AREA 8,598 ha

Administration. Visitors’ centre in Poškonys Centrinė str. 2, Poškonys village LT-17134 Šalčininkai district

Phone: +37038046624 Email: [email protected]

Dieveniškės historic regional park

EXCLUSIVE VALUE OF THE REGIONAL PARK

It is the only state park located in the area of old terrain formed during the penultimate Ice Age of Medininkai and strongly affected by periglacial processes. It is also distinguished by the abundance of surviving old Vala kian street villages or fragments thereof, and represents the respective landscape. Highly valuable street villages with well-preserved strip land management system. The park is rich in barrows the largest being Stakai and Poškoniai barrow groups. A unique town of Dieveniškės with the Norviliškės monastery standing at the outskirts of the country. Dieveniškės residents have a unique subdialect. Gauja valley characterised by the largest biological diversity.