Rambynas Regional Park

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A stone and a Neo-Pagan altar on Rambynas Hill

Rambynas Regional Park is one of the Regional Parks in Lithuania, situated at Pagėgiai municipality in Neman bend, near the border with Kaliningrad Oblast. The park was founded in 1992, its area amounts for 4,786 ha.

The park contains several reserves established to protect both the nature (pine stands and oak stands) and ethnographic values (Bitėnai and Bardinai villages). Rambynas hill also belongs to the park territory. In the nearby Vilkiškiai town, a number of old buildings represtenting the typical architecture of the area still exist.