Senoji Varėna

Sena Varėna
Village
Sena Varėna Location of Sena Varėna
Coordinates: 54°15′N 24°33′E / 54.250°N 24.550°E / 54.250; 24.550Coordinates: 54°15′N 24°33′E / 54.250°N 24.550°E / 54.250; 24.550
Country	Lithuania
Ethnographic region	Dzūkija
County	Alytus County
Municipality	Varėna district municipality
Eldership	Varėna eldership
First mentioned	1413
Population (2001)
• Total	1,276
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Fragment of park of Lithuanian traditional wooden sculptures in Senoji Varėna

Church in Senoji Varėna

Senoji Varėna is an old village in Varėna district municipality, near Merkys River and Rivulet Varėnė confluence, 4 kilometers north of Varėna, on the road Vilnius–Druskininkai. The village was mentioned for the first time in Teutonic letters in the year 1413.

It was the hometown of the most famous Lithuanian painter and composer Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis.

Alytus County

Municipalities	Alytus (city) Alytus (district) Druskininkai Lazdijai Varėna

Cities	Alytus Daugai Druskininkai Lazdijai Simnas Varėna Veisiejai

Towns	Butrimonys Kapčiamiestis Krokialaukis Krosna Leipalingis Merkinė Nemunaitis Rudamina Seirijai Šeštokai Šventežeris Valkininkai

Villages

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