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.
senoji, varėna, this, article, does, cite, sources, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, june, 2013, learn, when, remove, t. This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Senoji Varena news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2013 Learn how and when to remove this message Senoji Varena is an old village in Varena district municipality near Merkys River and Rivulet Varene confluence 4 kilometers north of Varena on the road Vilnius Druskininkai The village was mentioned for the first time in Teutonic letters in the year 1413 Senoji VarenaVillageSenoji VarenaLocation of Senoji VarenaCoordinates 54 15 N 24 33 E 54 250 N 24 550 E 54 250 24 550Country LithuaniaEthnographic regionDzukijaCountyAlytus CountyMunicipalityVarena district municipalityEldershipVarena eldershipFirst mentioned1413Population 2021 Total1 073Time zoneUTC 2 EET Summer DST UTC 3 EEST Fragment of park of Lithuanian traditional wooden sculptures in Senoji Varena Church in Senoji Varena It was the hometown of the most famous Lithuanian painter and composer Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis Name origins editThe village name comes from the Varene river which goes through it There is a legend in folk stories that name Varena comes from goddess Varene who was taking care of hunters and fishermen living by the river This Alytus County Lithuania location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Senoji Varena amp oldid 1126417053, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
