{"id":9951,"date":"2026-06-03T21:01:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T19:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anavole.fr\/?p=9951"},"modified":"2026-06-04T07:18:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T05:18:46","slug":"croix-de-bois-et-dorures-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anavole.fr\/?p=9951","title":{"rendered":"Croix de bois et Faste Ducal *3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nous quittons Vilnius en direction de la Lettonie. Aujourd&rsquo;hui nous allons rouler. Mais pas toute la journ\u00e9e. Deux \u00e9tapes sont pr\u00e9vues. Une au nord de la Lituanie et une en Lettonie. En fin de matin\u00e9e nous nous posons dans une auberge \u00e0 la campagne pr\u00e8s de Siauliai avant de reprendre notre route vers la Colline des Croix. On ne sait pas \u00e0 quoi s&rsquo;attendre et la surprise est totale. Ce lieu est couvert de croix catholiques de toutes tailles, de toutes mati\u00e8res. Il y en a des centaines, des milliers, des millions peut-\u00eatre. Elles sont innombrables.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002295.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9952\" src=\"http:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002295-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002295-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002295-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002295.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9953\" src=\"http:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002300-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002300-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002300-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002300.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Des enchev\u00eatrements incroyables et parfois une toute petite croix abandonn\u00e9e au milieu du chemin.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002304.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9954\" src=\"http:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002304-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002304-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002304-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002304.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002307-rotated.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9955\" src=\"http:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002307-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002307-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002307-rotated.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tout commence avec un homme qui d\u00e9cide de planter une croix sur cette colline si Dieu sauve sa fille de maladie. Et le bouche \u00e0 oreilles fait le reste. Le site devient un lieu de pri\u00e8res, de paix, de promesses et de remerciements. La colline sera ras\u00e9e \u00e0 plusieurs reprises notamment par les sovi\u00e9tiques au nom de leur ath\u00e9isme strict, mais \u00e0 chaque fois les croix refleuriront. \u00c9trange promenade \u00e0 la fois touchante et paisible.<\/p>\n<p>Et nous reprenons la route. Nous passons la fronti\u00e8re, \u00e9videmment sans encombre, et nous arrivons au Palais de Rundales. Et l\u00e0 nous d\u00e9couvrons un bijou. On le surnomme le \u00ab\u00a0Versailles de Lettonie\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002313.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9956\" src=\"http:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002313-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002313-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002313-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002313.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002316.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9957\" src=\"http:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002316-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002316-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002316-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002316.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Le palais est construit au 18\u00e8me si\u00e8cle. Il appartient au Duc de Courland, Johan Von Biron. C&rsquo;est le favori d&rsquo;Anne 1\u00e8re, imp\u00e9ratrice de Russie. On visite une quarantaine de pi\u00e8ces sur les 138 que contient le palais. Les pi\u00e8ces sont imposantes : la grande galerie ou la salle de bal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002321.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9958\" src=\"http:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002321-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002321-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002321-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002321.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002330.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9960\" src=\"http:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002330-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002330-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002330-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002330.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Au fond de la salle de bal, une belle exposition de porcelaines. Puis la biblioth\u00e8que et la chambre rose ou le boudoir de la duchesse. Dans chaque pi\u00e8ce on trouve de majestueux po\u00eales en fa\u00efence venus de la r\u00e9gion de St P\u00e9tersbourg.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002333.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9961\" src=\"http:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002333-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002333-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002333-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002333.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002338.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9962\" src=\"http:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002338-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002338-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002338-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002338.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002339-rotated.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9963\" src=\"http:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002339-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002339-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002339-rotated.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002348-rotated.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9964\" src=\"http:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002348-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002348-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002348-rotated.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>En partant on longe les anciennes \u00e9curies parfaitement r\u00e9nov\u00e9es comme l&rsquo;ensemble du palais.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002356.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9965\" src=\"http:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002356-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002356-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002356-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/anavole.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1002356.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ce soir nous dormons \u00e0 Riga et demain on visite la ville.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nous quittons Vilnius en direction de la Lettonie. Aujourd&rsquo;hui nous allons rouler. Mais pas toute la journ\u00e9e. Deux \u00e9tapes sont pr\u00e9vues. Une au nord de la Lituanie et une en Lettonie. En fin de matin\u00e9e &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[76,74,75],"class_list":["post-9951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ailleurs","tag-lettonie","tag-lituanie","tag-pays-baltes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anavole.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9951"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anavole.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anavole.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anavole.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anavole.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9951"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/anavole.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9970,"href":"https:\/\/anavole.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9951\/revisions\/9970"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anavole.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anavole.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anavole.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anavole.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}