Palanga is a town in western Lithuania Symphony performances held in the summer night

Palanga (Template: Pronunciation) is a town in western Lithuania, the capital of Palanga municipality. Located on the Baltic Sea coast, is the city's most crowded summer resort in Lithuania with a beautiful sand beach (a 18 km and in some places covering 300 m), sand dunes, and pristine natural environment.

Not far from the city Šventoji, archaeologists have discovered an underground camp that suggests that the area was inhabited some 5,000 years ago. In historical documents the name of Palanga was first mentioned in 1161 when the King of Denmark landed there with his army.
In the 13th century to 15, Palanga must face the Teutonic Knights in the north and Livonia in the south of the Sword Brothers. The enemy never reached their goal of annexing Lithuania Klaipėda sea coast to Šventoji. Although Klaipeda into the hands of feudal princes Melno Germany under the Agreement in 1422, Palanga and Šventoji remain under the control of Lithuania. Gradually the city developed into an important trading port. The English merchants living in Šventoji in 1685. Prosperity ended in 1701 during the Great Northern War when Swedish troops devastated Palanga, destroying Šventoji port, and blocking the pier with a rock.


Tyszkiewicz pier in Palanga
Palanga purchased in 1824 by Prince Michał Tyszkiewicz. Józef Tyszkiewicz grandson built a pier and get a ship to carry passengers and rock adjacent to Liepāja. Palanga began to develop as a resort at the beginning of the 19th century. Tyszkiewicz dock has become a favorite spot for walking since 1892. Son Jozef Tyszkiewicz, Feliks Tyszkiewicz, neo-Renaissance palace built in 1897. Famous French landscape architect Édouard André designing a large park around the palace, built between 1897-1907. The palace was a favorite meeting place for intellectual discussion and concert performances. Prominent among his friends and advisors from both Feliks Tyszkiewicz Kentra Jonas is a notary.
Following the ban on printing the books and the 1864 Lithuanian-language newspapers in Latin characters, Palanga has become an important point for the smuggling of Lithuanian publications. Rev. Marcijonas Jurgaitis, doctors and notaries Liudas Vaineikis Kentra Jonas plays an important role in acts of cultural defiance of this ban. They set up a network of smuggling and distributing a broad black press. When Kentra received an official approach, the general assembly in 1899 are shown in the comedy pirtyje America (America in the bathtub) are shown in the Lithuanian language. Alas, the ruler of Russia intervened with a punishing Vaineikis and 25 others were deported to Siberia in 1901.
Parks Tyszkiewicz palace converted into a botanical garden on and now has 200 kinds of different trees and bushes, including oaks planted President Antanas Smetona. His palace, now the Museum of the Yellow, yellow display jewelry and other artifacts. Symphony performances held in the summer night.