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Juknai\u010diai is an example of modern rural architecture. The name of the village was first mentioned in 1540. At the beginning of the 20th century, Juknai\u010diai consisted of a dozen farmsteads near the railway and many small homesteads in the surrounding area. Larger farmsteads closer to the \u0160ilut\u0117\u2013Pag\u0117giai road belonged to the village of Blauzd\u017eiai. Juknai\u010diai\u2014a small and now somewhat forgotten settlement in Western Lithuania\u2014once became nearly an ideal model of a town. Since 1964, under smart collective farm management, the village was organized in a way that, by the standards of the time, was remarkably well developed. We can even see traces of the garden-city idea here: the rich landscape was designed by architects R\u016bta and Alfonsas Ki\u0161kis. As early as the 1960s, the infrastructure in Juknai\u010diai surpassed even urban expectations. Disliked in rural areas, apartment blocks here acquired a playful regionalist character. The settlement was planted with clusters of trees, ornamental shrubs, flower beds, and lawns, and was adorned with decorative sculptures. In the park, a \u201cGrove of Hopes\u201d was planted, where parents of newborns would plant oak and linden trees. In 1996, the \u0160ilut\u0117 district municipality granted Juknai\u010diai the status of a park-village, and the landscape was declared protected.
Juknai\u010diai is rich in artistic accents. The village symbol became a wooden sculpture by artist S. Kuzma\u2014a falcon perched on a horse\u2019s mane. The horse symbolized agricultural labor, while the falcon stood for spiritual elevation and artistic vision. Other sculptures by Kuzma include Egl\u0117 and \u017dilvinas, Flame of Friendship, and Motherhood.
Near Juknai\u010diai, in the village of Vy\u017eiai, stands a beautiful Evangelical Lutheran church built in 1865. The church is rectangular, in a Gothic-Romanesque style, with a single tower and a five-sided apse. It features 16-register bright-toned pipe organs. The massive 36-meter tower once held two copper bells. The church was damaged during the war and later converted into a grain warehouse. In 1993, it was returned to the Lutheran community, restored, and reopened.
On the outskirts of the village stands Juknai\u010diai\u2019s Alka Hill. In 2012, an amphitheater was built in Juknai\u010diai, adding to the village\u2019s beauty. <\/p>

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