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The Lithuanian Independence Monument was built in 1930, during the activities of the Salakas Nationalist Union. The author of the monument is a professional sculptor. Max (Mordechai) Farbmann. The monument erected in 1930 (5.31 m high, 4.64 m wide) is characterized by the fact that it consists of a platform - foundation, a rectangular pedestal - plinth, on which a rectangular, upward-pointing obelisk is built. Near the obelisk are figures of a boy with a torch (height 222 cm, circumference about 80 cm) and a woman (141 cm high and 80 cm in diameter). The cast concrete pedestal of the monument has a step at the top and a rectangular niche in the southwest facade 48 cm long, 35 cm wide, 116 cm high. A granite slab with the inscription "IN THE NAME OF THAT LITHUANIAN UNITY, MAY IT BECOME A KING. / V. KUDIRKA" is embedded in the southwestern niche of the monument's facade.

The Lithuanian Independence Monument was built in 1930, during the activities of the Salakas Nationalists' Union. The author of the monument is a professional sculptor. Max (Mordechai) Farbmann. The construction of the monument was financed by the Salakas pharmacist Mačius. The construction work of the monument was carried out by: Petras Jasinavičius (received 200 Lt for the work) – Silvo. https://www.visitzarasai.lt/lt/lankytinos-vietos/paminklai-skulpturos-akmenys/nepriklausomybes-paminklas-salako-miestelje

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The church of Salak has been known as a community since 1496. During that time, the wooden church buildings were destroyed by fires many times. The last wooden church served the parish for just 40 years. in 1905 June 15 after a fire broke out at night, part of the town was reduced to ashes up to the stream, including the church, all its property, archives, etc. The bells melted and fell. Pastor Ant was working at that time. Kryžanauskas. After consulting with the parishioners, he decided to build a church that would not be destroyed by fire or other calamities. The architect Morgulcas, who was invited from Riga, drew up the project. The pastor organized the collection and transportation of stones. The stones brought by the parishioners were broken into stone bricks 45 x 45 x 80 cm in size by hired stonemasons. And so on August 8, 1906. Bishop G. Cirtautas of Žemaitsa consecrated the foundations of the future church. in 1911 the construction of the church was completed and services began. It is a building of extraordinary construction courage.

The oldest and thickest common oak growing in Lithuania, one of the oldest oaks in Europe, a natural monument of Lithuania. The oak is about 1,500 years old, its diameter is 3.5 m, its height is 23 m, its girth at the ground is 13 m (it takes 8-9 men to girth the trunk).

Church in 1786-1787. built by Pranciskus Molis. In 1891, it was financed by John and Pranciškaus Prusokas. renovated, presented sacristy. The interwar church was repaired and reworked. Until 1920 service (without Latin) was held only by Poles, since 1940 - only in Lithuanian. The church is classicist, has features of folk architecture, wooden, long rectangular plan, with a three-walled apse and a sacristy attached to it. There is a turret on the ridge. single parent It has 3 altars. The churchyard fence is stone masonry. It has a wooden bell tower. Long-time parish priest Vytautas Antanas Šamšonas (1912-1961), appointed to Imbrada before the Second World War, raised the religious and national awareness of the parishioners. He was killed by the Soviet services or their henchmen and buried in the cemetery.

Those traveling along Gražutė's great bicycle route will see the country's highest stone church in Salak, Kiemionii hill, Alkakalni, also called Kunigokalni, 3 barrows, the Tiltiški water mill, the old Jewish and Tatar cemeteries, and the natural monument - the Salak pine tree.