My village

My countryside in Daulėnai is a great place to visit, because it is a small ancient village and there is a big forest around. In Daulėnai there are two streets and 20 houses. There live about 80 people. The people are funny and lazy. In forest there live dog-wolves, snakes, foxes. In forest there are many strawberries and bilberries. There people grow potatoes, carrots and other vegetables. People have got cows, pigs and chickens. 2 km away from Daulėnai there is Norviliškės just by the Belarus boarder. Although only a monastery is usually mentioned, but its origin comes from the times of Renaissance. In the 16th century the Norviliškės homestead belonged to Vatiekus and Dorota Šorčas, and in 1617 the young widow transferred the buildings to Franciscan Minorite order. In the beginning of the 17th century a monastery was constructed there, after the model of Mitchyn Dolny castle in the High Tatras, Slovakia; a wooden church was built next to the monastery. In 1832 eight monks lived in the Norviliškės monastery- four from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and four from the Kingdom of Poland. Regretfully, the monastery fell into the list of objects to close, and the premises were rearranged into barracks for Tsar soldiers. The church was taking apart, and an Orthodox church was built of its materials in some other place. In 1918 the monastery and the belfry were arranged for the rectory; finally, 1928 the present-day church was built.