title: Svėdasai
text: # Svėdasai
  
  Svėdasai is a town in Utena County in the northern part of Lithuania, bearing a name from a nearby Lake Svėdasas.
  
  ## History
  
  The name according to Kazimieras Būga is of Selonian origin. In July 1941, 245 to 386 people were murdered in a mass execution near Svėdasai most must have been Jews.
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * Svėdasai (Swiadosci) marked in Nicolas Sanson map (1665)
  * St. Michael the Archangel Church
  * Juozas Tumas-Vaižgantas gymnasium
  * Alaušas lake
  