St. Martynas pine growing in a private estate in Užventis forest district, Plikšilis forest - since 1987 a state-protected natural heritage object. It is the tallest, thickest and oldest in the forest. The trunk circumference reaches 3.2 m, height - 16 m. The place where the pine grows has long been considered sacred. Legend has it about a blind man who saw a miracle many years ago, named Martynas, whose disability was healed by the bark of this tree. The pastor learned of this and consecrated the tree. Since then, people who come to visit the pine have been surrounded by various images and crosses of saints around the trunk, and the pine is named after this man.
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