Silavotas

Our region

Prienai

Šilavotas is named after a Lithuanian word ‘šilas’, which means “pine forest” because of its’ location near a large forest. The landscape surrounding Šilavotas is very beautiful.

A chapel near the village. You can see a lot of chapels, wayside shrines or crosses in Lithuania.

The historical past of Šilavotas is remembered by the many barrows. Archeologist found some ancient things here.

The basic school in Šilavotas. A sculpture made to commemorate 100 year celebration in 2002.

The church in Šilavotas was built in 1902. Its towers are approximately 110 meters high and can be seen far away.

A monument near the church in honour of those who died in the battles of Lithuanian resistance.

There are 33 hand-made mounds in the Prienai region, some covered by forests and hardly detectable, others visible rising in the middle fields. An impressive hand-made memorial mound near our village.

A fish farm in Šilavotas. They breed carps here. You can see a lot of birds here such as storks, swans and others.