Varnupi Stone Pilgrimage Site, a 4000-square-meter archaeological complex in Marijampole, Lithuania, is known since ancient times. Lithuanian explorers described the site in the 19th century, with King Jonas Totoraitis and folklore collector Juozapas Radziukynas penning their thoughts. Entrusted to the care of local peasant farmers in 1935 by the State Commission for Archaeology, the site was registered as a national monument of importance in 1972.
In 1997, it was entered into the Register of Cultural Heritage Monuments of the Republic of Lithuania as a complex of cultural heritage A230K, declared a cultural heritage A230KP by the Republic of Lithuania's Government Decree No. 612 in 1998, and placed on the List of Cultural Monuments under State Protection in 2005. The archaeological complex consists of a burial mound and a burial site, with various artifacts having been found in excavations in 1954, 1962, and 2006, including pottery, stones, metal fragments, and two timber bunkers.
A wooden door knocker was also found during the 2006 excavation. Varnupi Stone Pilgrimage Site is estimated to be from the prehistoric period, ending around the 13th century. The site is located near Vilnius.
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Written by Nicolo Ciampini
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