Skapiškis

Infobox Settlement
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = LTU
timezone = EET
utc_offset = +2
map_caption = Location of Skapiškis
leader_title =
postal_code_type =
official_name = Skapiškis
nickname =
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pushpin_label_position =
pushpin_map_caption = Location of Skapiskis
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subdivision_type1 = Ethnographic region
subdivision_name1 = Aukštaitija
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Panevėžys County
subdivision_type3 = Municipality
subdivision_name3 = Kupiškis district municipality
latd=55|latm=53|lats=30|latNS=N|longd=25|longm=12|longs=0|longEW=E
subdivision_type6 = Capital of
subdivision_name6 = Skapiškis rural elderate
established_date = 1492
established_title = First mentioned
established_date2 = 1633
established_title2 = Granted city rights
subdivision_name5 =
population_total = 496
population_footnotes =
population_as_of = 2001

Skapiškis is a town in the Kupiškis district municipality, close to the road and railway Panevėžys-Daugpilis. The first church of the name Saint Hyacinth was built in 1519, and in the year 1752 the Dominican monks established a monastery, which was destroyed during the 19th century by soviets.

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