Šeduva

Also known as Szadów, Shadova

Šeduva () is a town in the Radviliškis district municipality, Lithuania. It is located east of Radviliškis.

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Locality: Šeduva
Region: Šiaulių apskritis
Country: Lietuva
Population: 3,321
Timezone: Europe/Vilnius

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Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.pushpin_map: Lithuania
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Šeduva
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Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_type1: Ethnographic region
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_name1: Aukštaitija
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_name2: Šiauliai County
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_name3: Radviliškis district municipality
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_type4: Eldership
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_name4: Šeduva eldership
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_type6: Capital of
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_name6: Šeduva eldership
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.established_date: 1539

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Šeduva
Population: 4537
Elevation: 87
Image: Šeduva church - panoramio (1).jpg

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Commons category: Šeduva
time of earliest written record: 1539-00-00
postal code: LT-82007
native label: Šeduva
P8168: FIBA Africa Championship 1978
P12749: 1570

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Šeduva () is a town in the Radviliškis district municipality, Lithuania. It is located east of Radviliškis.

==History== Šeduva was an agricultural town dealing in cereals, flax and linseed, pigs and geese and horses, at the site of a royal estate and beside a road from Kaunas to Riga. The population from the fifteenth century was Catholic and Jewish. Until then, Lithuania had been the last pagan kingdom in Europe and allowed freedom of worship and toleration of Jews and other religions. The first Catholic shrine of Šeduva, the Church of the Invention of the Holy Cross, was built and the parish founded between 1512 and 1529. The present brick church Cross was built in Šeduva in 1643 with a donation from bishop Jerzy Tyszkiewicz of Vilnius. During the 18th century, the bell tower was added to the structure, with further renovations and extensions in 1905. Baroque and Renaissance architectural styles characterise both the exterior and interior of the church. It has a cruciform plan with an apse, a low sacristy and five altars.