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Catholic Church
Dominating Nida's skyline, this modern construction that gives more than a passing nod to local building traditions was consecrated on June 14, 2003. The work of local architects Ričardas Krištapavičius and Algimantas Zaviša, and the first Catholic church on the Curonian Spit, the building is predominantly wooden and has a rare if not unique in Lithuania thatched reed roof. The church’s vast bell came from a foundry in Poland and is engraved with a mixed blessing of locally inspired prose and Psalm 90:17 in its entirety.
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Taikos 10

tel. (+370) 469 521 32

Mass 18:00, (July 1-Sept 1) 19:00, Sun 10:00.
Evangelical-Lutheran Church
Evangelical-Lutheran Church
Dating from 1888, this classic red brick Gothic beauty functioned as a museum during Soviet times and was handed back to the Church exactly a century after its construction. Inside are a relatively new organ, some fine stained glass and a lot of iconography relating to the local fishing industry. Of most interest however are the graves in the attached ethnographic cemetery. Known in the local parlance plural as krikštai (christenings), these peculiar graves feature markers at the foot of the graves rather than the usual headstone arrangement. Using masculine-named wood for deceased males and vice-versa and carved with horses’ heads, plants and birds, the footstones, for want of a better word, are placed thus to help the deceased rise up on Judgement Day.
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Pamario 43

tel. (+370) 616 838 33

Mass: Sun 10:30, 12:00.