Oak grows in the town of Tverečius, near the church. It's a natural botanical landscape object, protected by state, that height reaches 28 m, trunk volume is 5.5 m.
Before World War II, the top of the oak was cut. The oak grows in the sanctuary of the former ancient Lithuanian religion. There is a legend, that after Lithuania got baptized the pagans priest extinguished the sacred fire and fisted an oak stick into the ground with fist, from which the oak of Tverečius had grown.
Protected since 1960.
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