Šventybrastis
Šventybrastis
Village in Kaunas County, Lithuania
Šventybrastis ('sacred ford', formerly Russian: Свентобросць, Polish: Świętobrość)[1] is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 144 people.[2] The village is located on the left bank of the Nevėžis river, by the Brasta rivulet. The village has a wooden church of the Transfiguration of Jesus (built in 1744), a monument for independence, four sacred oak trees (a nature monument),[3] a cemetery, and a library. The Šventybrastis Landscape Sanctuary is located nearby, while the Lančiūnava-Šventybrastis Forest is some kilometres away from the village.