Senoji Varėna
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Senoji Varėna is an old village in
Teutonic
letters in the year 1413.
It was the hometown of the most famous Lithuanian painter and composer Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis.
Name origins
The village name comes from the Varėnė river which goes through it. There is a legend in folk stories that name Varėna comes from goddess Varėnė who was taking care of hunters and fishermen living by the river.
