Meškuičiai: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

The Church of Meškuičių Šv. vyskupo Stanislovo in Meškuičiai is a historicist church with Neo-Gothic features, a three-sided apse, two towers and a three-nave interior. The churchyard includes a stone masonry enclosure and an arched gate with a statue of Christ carrying the cross. This sacred architecture is a specific cultural point of reference for visitors interested in churches and architectural history in Meškuičiai.

You can rent a holiday apartment in Meškuičiai.

Landscape

Žuvininkų Piliakalnis is located in the wider regional surroundings of Meškuičiai.

Culture and History

The present masonry church in Meškuičiai was built in 1897 and consecrated in 1920; a former wooden church had already been founded in the town in 1677.

Historically, Meškuičiai was the centre of the former Meškuičiai administrative district, which was established after the First World War and dissolved in 1950.

After the Second World War, religious processions to the “Hill of Crosses”, six kilometres away, set out from Meškuičiai. This historic pilgrimage tradition is a specific cultural point of reference for travellers interested in religious experiences in Meškuičiai.

For further orientation, you can also view Joniškis, Kuršėnai, Jurgaičiai, Bubiai, Radviliškis, Pakruojis, Margiai and Vijoliai.

For the broader travel overview: Šiauliai District.