Palūšė

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Place details

Locality: Palūšė
Region: Utenos apskritis
Country: Lietuva
Population: 0

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Palūšė
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.pushpin_map: Lithuania
Settlement.pushpin_relief: 1
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Palūšė
Settlement.image_skyline: Lithuania Paluse church.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: 18th-century wooden church in Palūšė
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Ethnographic region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Aukštaitija
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Utena County
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Ignalina municipality
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Eldership
Settlement.subdivision_name4: Ignalina eldership
Settlement.established_title: First mentioned
Settlement.established_date: 1651

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Wikidata facts

Population: 92
Elevation: 159
Official website: paluse.lt
Image: Lithuania Paluse church.jpg

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Commons category: Palūšė
inception: 1651-00-00
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Tourism
Geography
Notable people
References
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Palūšė is a tourist village in the Aukštaitija National Park in eastern Lithuania. It is located south-west of Ignalina. The church of Palūšė, built in 1750, is considered to be one of the oldest surviving wooden churches in Lithuania. The church is constructed from wood and was built without using nails, only with saws and axes. It was featured on the one litas banknote. According to the 2011 census, it had 83 residents. Lithuania singer and composer Mikas Petrauskas was born in Palūšė.