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City in Suvalkija, Lithuania| Kalvarija | |
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| City | |
 Church in Kalvarija | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Country |  Lithuania |
| Ethnographic region | Suvalkija |
| County | Marijampolė County |
| Municipality | Kalvarija municipality |
| Eldership | Kalvarija eldership |
| Capital of | Kalvarija municipality Kalvarija eldership |
| First mentioned | 1667 |
| Granted city rights | 1791 |
| Population | |
| • Total | 5,066 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Kalvarija (Polish: Kalwaria) is a city in southwestern Lithuania. It is located close to the border with Poland.
History
In 1705 the first wooden church was built. In 1713, local Jews received permission from King August II to build a synagogue and Jewish craftsmen were first permitted to practice their crafts without having to be members of the craft guilds. In 1791 Stanisław August Poniatowski recognized that Kalvarija had the right to call itself a town and confirmed the municipality's coat of arms. Kalvarija developed rapidly when the new St. Petersburg–Warsaw road was constructed at the beginning of the 19th century. 1840 saw the construction of a new Catholic church, which still stands today. By the outbreak of World War I, Kalvarija had over 10,000 inhabitants; the destruction of two-thirds of the town during the war caused the population to decline.
International relations
Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in LithuaniaTwin towns — Sister cities
Kalvarija is twinned with:
External links
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