Veliuona

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Veliuona is a small town on Nemunas River in Jurbarkas district municipality in Lithuania.

Veliuona (also known as Junigeda) was first mentioned in 1291 in the chronicle of Peter of Duisburg. The town is primarily known as a place of Gediminas grave on a top of one of the mounds. An old church, founded by Vytautas in 1421, was rebuilt and expanded in 1636. In 1501–1506 m. Veliuona was granted Magdeburg rights by Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland Alexander Jagiellon. In 18th century Veliuona belonged to prince Józef Poniatowski, in 19th century to Zalewski family.

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• (Lithuanian) Veliuona, 2001, Versme, 1176 p.