On 1 January 2015, the litas was switched to the euro at the rate of LTL 3.4528 to 1. Nevertheless, coins and banknotes of the second litas will be exchanged indefinitely into euros by the Bank of Lit
200 LTL banknote
Early litas lacked necessary protection
Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to th
Lithuanian litas
…The Lithuanian litas (ISO 4217 code: LTL, symbolized as Lt; plural litai (nominative) or litų (genitive) was the currency of Lithuania, until 1 January 2015, when it was replaced by the euro. It was divided into 100 centų (genitive case; singular centas, nominative plural centai). The…
Earliest mention of Lithuania (Litua, on line 7) in the entry for 1009 in the 11th-century Annals of Quedlinburg, Dresden, Sächsische Landesbibliothek, Q.113, fol 31r.
Baltic amber was a valuable trade item, transported from the region of modern-day Lithuania to the Roman Empire through the Amber Road.
Ancient Kernavė hillforts
Trakai Island Castle, the former residence of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania. Nearby Senieji Trakai was the capital of the medieval state in 1316–1323, before the Lithuanian capital was transferred to Vilnius by the Lithuanian monarch Gediminas.