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Senoji Varėna

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Sena Varėna
Village
Country Lithuania
Ethnographic regionDzūkija
County Alytus County
MunicipalityVarėna district municipality
EldershipVarėna eldership
First mentioned1413
Population
 (2001)
 • Total1,276
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Fragment of park of Lithuanian traditional wooden sculptures in Senoji Varėna
Church in Senoji Varėna

Senoji Varėna is an old village in Varėna district municipality, near Merkys River and Rivulet Varėnė confluence, 4 kilometers north of Varėna, on the road VilniusDruskininkai. The village was mentioned for the first time in Teutonic letters in the year 1413.

It was the hometown of the most famous Lithuanian painter and composer Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis.