Antalieptė


Antalieptė is a small town in Zarasai district municipality, near the Duseta–Daugailiai road and the right bank of the Šventoji riverhead. The town is also 4 km from the village of Zabičiūnai.
Antalieptė has a secondary school and post office. In Šventoji valley there is the Antalieptė Cross Discovery church, also there was Antalieptė Discalced Carmelites monastery. Antalieptė also has House of Culture, library and a water mill.

History

According to the 1897 census, 85.5% of the population of the town was Jewish. The Jews immigrated before World War II or were murdered during the Holocaust in Nazi occupied Lithuania by both Germans and Lithuanians.