Description Klaipeda, Lithuania

Wonderful and striking travelers port city of Klaipeda is the third largest city in Lithuania. Klaipeda - is one of the most ancient cities of the country. Archaeological studies indicate that Klaipeda was inhabited by the ancestors of the Lithuanians - Baltic States - even in the early centuries of our era. Previously, the city was called "Mamel" until 1525 belonged to the Knights of the Teutonic Order. Currently Klaipeda combines all the elements of a modern port city with beautiful monuments.

Klaipeda is located in the western part of Lithuania. The city occupies a very ulobnoe geographical position in the Baltic Sea region. This ice-free port near the sea and the Curonian Lagoon, not far from the other Baltic ports - Kaliningrad (Russia) and Riga (Latvia).

The city and surrounding region are especially different from the rest of Lithuanian history. Until 1923 Klaipeda belonged to Germany, which was reflected in the architectural appearance of the Baltic Pearl. By virtue of its history, ethnic and linguistic character of the city has a multinational character. In addition to the Lithuanians living there, a large number of Russian, Poles, Belarusians, and others.

There are several beaches. In the northern part of the city there are three beaches, which was assigned a "blue flag", as they fully meet EU standards. Each of them have drinking water, toilets and other objects of beach infrastructure.

The city was badly damaged during the Second World War. To have survived the remnants of the fort on the spit and the castle in the old town.