Varnupiai

Varnupiai
Varnupiai
Coordinates: 54°29′0″N 23°31′0″E / 54.48333°N 23.51667°E / 54.48333; 23.51667Coordinates: 54°29′0″N 23°31′0″E / 54.48333°N 23.51667°E / 54.48333; 23.51667[1]
Country  Lithuania
Ethnographic region Suvalkija
County Marijampolė County
Municipality Marijampolė municipality
Elderate Igliauka elderate
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 190
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)

Varnupiai is the small village in Marijampolė municipality, Lithuania, 4 miles southwest of Daukšiai. In the south of the village is Žuvinto Palios, the swamp of Žuvintas Lake.[3]

Varnupiai mound

On the area of the village stands Varnupiai Mound - one of the most impressive remaining of the Yotvingians culture, researched by archaeologists in 1971.

People

References

  1. ↑ http://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=Varnupiai&country=LT
  2. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-17. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
  3. ↑ http://www.giluitis.com/map/index_files/page0004.htm


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