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2 Euros Hill of Crosses
| Issuer | Lithuanian Mint (Lietuvos Monetų Kalykla) |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Value | 2 Euros |
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| Obverse description | The national side depicts a composition of wooden and forged crosses representing the Hill of Crosses (Kryžių kalnas), a celebrated site of Lithuanian folk devotion and cross-crafting tradition inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The crosses are rendered in fine relief, conveying both the rustic texture of carved timber and the ornate intricacy of wrought ironwork. The legend LIETUVA arcs across the upper field, while the inscription KRYŽIŲ KALNAS appears in the lower portion. The year of issue 2020 and the Lithuanian Mint mark LMK are also present in the field. |
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| Edge | Reeded with inscription |
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The Hill of Crosses north of Šiauliai became a site of active political defiance during Soviet occupation, when authorities bulldozed it three times between 1961 and 1975 — each time, Lithuanians returned within days to replant crosses. The Soviets ultimately abandoned the effort. John Paul II visited in 1993, two years after independence, drawing an estimated 100,000 pilgrims and cementing the site's status far beyond Lithuania's borders.
This commemorative was issued under the EU's rotating regional theme program, which allocates each member state periodic slots for culturally significant subjects.