Tytuvėnai

Tytuvėnai
City
Tytuvėnai Church Tytuvėnai Church
Coat of arms of Tytuvėnai Coat of arms
Tytuvėnai is located in Lithuania Tytuvėnai Location of Tytuvėnai
Coordinates:
Country	Lithuania
Ethnographic region	Samogitia
County	Šiauliai County
Municipality	Kelmė district municipality
Eldership	Tytuvėnai eldership
Capital of	Tytuvėnai eldership
First mentioned	1500
Granted city rights	1956
Population (2005)
• Total	2,775
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Tytuvėnai (, Polish: Cytowiany) is a city in the Kelmė district municipality, Lithuania. It is located 17 km (11 mi) east of Kelmė. It is known for its Bernardine monastery.

The first church in the town was built in 1555. The construction of the monastery was initiated by Andrius Valavicius and his family, who returned to the Catholic faith after a wave of Counter-Reformation. The construction plans were prepared in 1614, but the construction started only after the death of Andrius Valavicius in 1618. Works were sponsored by Jeronimas Valavicius, the treasurer of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In 1633 the main part of monastery and church was completed. In 1772–1780 a courtyard was built, in which Stations of the Cross were placed.

Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky was the rabbi of the Tytvėnai Jewish community from 1926 until 1937, when he emigrated to America.

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  Tytvėnai Monastery

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  Tytuvėnai Monastery Church interior