by Stowaway Magazine | Jan 9, 2016 | Features, Winter 2016
Through countless centuries, Europe has been ravaged by war as various groups have tried to conquer as much land as possible and claim territory. The evidence of this history is manifest not just in history books but also in architecture. The Baltic States—Latvia,...
by Stowaway Magazine | Dec 7, 2010 | Insider
Crosses cover the hill entirely—they crowd each other so tightly, it would be impossible to walk through them. A thin cloud blankets the sky, and all is quiet and tranquil. I think of Lithuanians first placing crosses on the hill during the nineteenth century to...
by Stowaway Magazine | Dec 7, 2010 | Culture
The Hill of Crosses is located in Lithuania, a small Eastern European country in the Baltics (beneath Estonia awp-nd Latvia). It is about twelve kilometers north of Šiauliai, a city in the central north of Lithuania. Lithuanians began placing crosses on this hill in...