Rykantai

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Rykantai Trinity church
Rykantai Trinity church

Rykantai – is a village in Trakai district municipality, Lithuania, 7 kilometres nort-west from Lentvaris . In the village is post station, railway station and Trinity church. North of village flows Neris River.

Rykantai are known as one of the first reformats settlement in Lithuania. Rykantai is mentioned in Lev Tolstoy novel War and Peace - it is the place, where General Balashov delivers Napoleon a letter from Tsar Alexander.

Coordinates: 54°43′N 24°59′E / 54.717, 24.983

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