Tverai

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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = LTU
timezone=EET
utc_offset=+2
timezone_DST=EEST
utc_offset_DST=+3
map_caption = Location of Tverai
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official_name = Tverai
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image_caption = Monument to Duke Vykintas in Tverai
subdivision_type1=Ethnographic region
subdivision_name1 = Samogitia
subdivision_type2=County
subdivision_name2 = Autolink|Kaunas County
subdivision_type3=Municipality
subdivision_name3 = Raseiniai district municipality
subdivision_type4=Elderate
subdivision_name4 = Tverai elderate
latd=55|latm=44|lats=00|latNS=N|longd=22|longm=08|longs=40|longEW=E
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population_total = 680
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population_as_of = 2001

Tverai is a small town in Rietavas municipality, Lithuania. It is situated on Aitra River, tributary to Jūra, about 17 km east from Rietavas and 14 km from Varniai. Tverai, with population of about 700, is a capital of an elderate.

Tverai is identified with Tviriment Castle, mentioned in 1251 by the Hypatian Codex. The castle was the fortress where Vykintas, Duke of Samogitia and victorious leader of the Battle of Saule, defended himself against Mindaugas, crowned as King of Lithuania in 1253, during a civil war for power in the early Grand Duchy of Lithuania. [lt icon cite book | last=Semaška | first=Algimantas | title=Kelionių vadovas po Lietuvą: 1000 lankytinų vietovių norintiems geriau pažinti gimtąjį kraštą | edition=4th ed. | year=2006 | publisher=Algimantas | location=Vilnius | id=ISBN 9986-506-90-4 | pages=510 ] Vykintas was defeated and Mindaugas became the undisputeded monarch.

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