One can find attractive and mysterious places in every city. A guest in Panevėžys will really find some places to admire. Individuality and comfort of the city will be felt. Many details of the city have connections with the past. The past and the present verge in the centre of Panevėžys.
Interesting fact to mention is that the inhabitants of Panevėžys were the oldest pagans in Europe. In 1414 when all Lithuania had already been baptised altar was burning and the priests were making sacrifices to the old Lithuanian Gods in the present place of the Old River Bed.
Nowadays granite monument of Alexander, the Great Duke of Lithuania and the King of Poland overlooks in the settings of panorama of the Old River. On its palm, it gently swings St. Peter and Paul’s Church – the descendant of the oldest Christian shrine of the city.
One more trace is imprinted in the Old River Bed. Between the period of the Ist and the II nd World Wars Panevėžys was famous for the mills. Here, the water mill of 1848, nowadays reconstructed into luxurious hotel ROMANTIC, survived.
The most favourite place for rest and various festivals is the Old River Bed- it is like a visiting card of the city, which could prove the fact that for many years Panevėžys has been a cosy and green city. Various sculptures make the Old River Bed livelier.
The building of J. Miltinis Drama Theatre is just several steps ahead from the Old River Bed. Juozas Miltinis, the legendary stage director and his students- the actors has provided Panevėžys with the special aura and brought honour that is felt even nowadays.
The seeds of the theatre, which were put in Panevėžys several decades ago, have brought the plants of different arts. A unique Puppet Wagon Theatre visiting the remotest Lithuanian towns and villages in summer is established in the city. The Director Antanas Markuckis has been awarded a prestigious prize of a well-known Danish fairy teller H. Ch. Andersen. This prize is also known as the little Nobel prize. The visitor of the city will be curious to see the unique theatre where fantastic puppets live, the caf