The Kurkliai Wooden Synagogue was built in 1936 in a style that combines a traditional synagogue layout with expressionist elements. A storage place since the Second World War, the synagogue was completely abandoned in the 1990s.
The wooden synagogue of Alanta, built between 1870 and 1900, is one of the few remaining wooden synagogues in Lithuania. Abandoned with the Second World War, it is now used as a storage facility.
In 1788, Juozas Pomernackas, the owner of Leliunai manor, built the second Leliunai church. It was about 28 meters long, about 12 meters wide, in the shape of a cross, with a small tower. The land on which the church now stands was once donated by the landlord Butler. Over time, the old wooden church began to fall apart. New Church built in 1905.
Meanwhile, the brick belfry was built in 1876. Correspondence on its construction has been in place since 1873. Landowners A. Balcevicius, F. Jaloveckis, C. Svionteckis built the bell tower at their own expense, estimated at 4580 rb .. During the First World War, 3 bells were transported to Russia, only two returned after the war.
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