Seredžius
Seredžus | |
|---|---|
town | |
 John the Baptist church in Seredžius | |
| Country |  Lithuania |
| Ethnographic region | Samogitia |
| County | Tauragė County |
| Municipality | Jurbarkas district municipality |
| Elderate | Seredžius elderate |
| First mentioned | 1363 |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 749 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Website | [a] |
Seredžius is a town on the banks of the Neman River in Lithuania.
The Palemon hill mound, is the site of a 13th century hillfort and has a spectacular view of the Neman valley. The neo-renaissance John the Baptist church was built in 1913. A palace of the Tyszkiewicz family, called the Belvedere, was constructed nearby the town.
It is the birthplace of Al Jolson, the famous U.S. entertainer.
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