Papilė

Infobox Settlement
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official_name = Papilė
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subdivision_type1=Ethnographic region
subdivision_name1 = Samogitia
subdivision_type2=County
subdivision_name2 = Autolink|Šiauliai County
subdivision_type3=Municipality
subdivision_name3 = Akmenė district
subdivision_type4 = Elderate
subdivision_name4 = Papilė eldrate
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established_date = 1339
established_title= First mentioned
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population_total = 1449
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Papilė is a town in Šiauliai County, Lithuania, near the Venta River.

History

Settlement is first mentioned in 1339, after it was raided by Livonian Order, since these times there are two hill-forts preserved.

After Christianization of Samogitia settlement belonged to Samogitian bishop, and first church was built here in 1493. Since 1600 it is known as a town. In 1703 the town was granted privillege to hold market-place.

Famous people

The anarchist Emma Goldman lived in the town for a short time as a child, when her father operated an inn here. In Papilė she became close friends with a servant of a family named Petrushka. [Wexler, Alice. "Emma Goldman: An Intimate Life". New York: Pantheon Books, 1984. ISBN 0-394-52975-8.] While in Papilė, she witnessed a "half-naked human body being lashed with a knout"; [Goldman, Emma. "Living My Life". 1931. New York: Dover Publications Inc., 1970. ISBN 0-486-22543-7.] this experience terrified her and contributed to her lifelong distaste for violent authority.

Papilė is also the location where Simonas Daukantas, the writer and historian, is buried.

Papilė points of interest

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