Whenever I tell most people that my spiritual homeland is Lithuania, many just look at me and ask where is such a country located. Even though Lithuania isn't really that small, many Americans don't have a clue where it is or what it is. I've even met people who cannot pronounce the name. Thus I decided to collect some links that people could visit and, hopefully, learn at least something about my homeland. Finding for this website appropriate links about Lithuania was a complicated task compared to the other link pages, because, as you can imagine, most web pages there are, of course, written exclusively in Lithuanian. This is fine with me, but not likely so for those who can’t read in my native language. However, I was able to locate quite a few good websites that are also in English. I hope they would be useful to anyone who is interested in European cultures. The most informative sites are those dedicated to Lithuania’s important cities, such as the capital city of VILNIUS, also KAUNAS, and KLAIPEDA which is a port city on the Baltic Sea. The resort town of NERINGA and the historical town of TRAKAI also have own websites. Although Lithuania’s nature cannot really match that of Oregon in its beauty and variety, nevertheless there are several very nice national parks in Lithuania. Probably the most beautiful of all is KURŠIŲ NERIJA which is a peninsula jutting out into the Baltic Sea. It is unusual, because of its many dunes, of which there aren’t many elsewhere in Europe. TRAKŲ HISTORICAL NATIONAL PARK has many lakes, the most important of which, Galvės Lake, has a medieval castle built on an island in its center. An interesting fact is that Lithuania is officially considered as the geographic CENTER OF EUROPE. So, there is also an important national park where the monument is built. And, lastly, there is a very large nature reserve in the western part of Lithuania, ŽEMAITIJOS NATIONAL PARK. At home with my parents we speak the Lithuanian language. On the Internet there are many websites about our LANGUAGE: Lithuanian Dictionary -- Dictionary of English/Lithuanian Cosmology of Ancient Balts (in book form) Classic Lithuanian Literature Anthology SAKMĖS are traditional Lithuanian folk tales that often tell about the meaning of various names of cities, lakes, rivers. Also there are interesting websites that honor the author of the first Lithuanian book, MARTYNAS MAŽVYDAS (this websites celebrates 450 year anniversary), and a website honoring 400th anniversary of Mikalojus Daukša’s book “POSTILĖ”. Although Lithuania doesn’t have many world-famous artists, only the painter (and composer) KONSTANTINAS ČIURLIONIS, but Lithuanian FOLK ART is very unique. There is also available to read online an interesting book called Lithuanian Roots, which is an overview of lithuanian traditional culture. There are very few websites about the history of Lithuania, which made a great impact in also the history of Eastern Europe. However I was able to find a website about MIDDLE AGES, during which time Lithuania was at the peak of its power. Lithuania is divided into many different counties and regions, and each of these has its own COAT OF ARMS. All of those coat of arms have been released on POSTAGE STAMPS, which I myself enjoy collecting. The symbol of Lithuania is AMBER, which is so abundant there that you can find a handful of it by simply walking along the Baltic Sea coast. And finally, for those interested in Lithuanian CURRENCY, there is a special website about Lithuanian coins from the Middle Ages to modern times. Links to Lithuanian museums: Horse Museum Lithuanian Art Museum Žemaičių museum “Alka” The History Museum of Lithuania Minor Museum of Lithuanian Applied Decorative Art