Seredžius

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Seredžus
—  town  —
John the Baptist church in Seredžius
Seredžus is located in Lithuania
Seredžus
Location of Seredžius
Coordinates: 55°04′50″N 23°25′10″E / 55.08056°N 23.41944°E / 55.08056; 23.41944
Country  Lithuania
Ethnographic region Samogitia
County Tauragė County
Municipality Jurbarkas district municipality
Elderate Seredžius elderate
Capital of
First mentioned 1363
Population (2001)
 - Total 749
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 - Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Website [a]

Seredžius is a town on the banks of the Neman River in Lithuania.

The town's Palemon hill mound is the site of a 13th century hillfort and has a spectacular view of the Neman valley. Its neo-renaissance John the Baptist church was built in 1913. A palace of the Tyszkiewicz family, called the Belvedere, was constructed nearby. Seredžius was the birthplace of Al Jolson, the famous U.S. entertainer of the early twentieth century who was the star of the first "talking film"--the first commercial movie with sound.