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Karvaiciai were one of the oldest settlements of the Spit, which existed already in XV century. Around year 1600, the forest that protected Karvaiciai from the wind-blown sand, was already rare. The wind-blown sand buried the village houses and usurped the church as well. The residents dug the sand, constructed fences; however, the wandering dune implacably dashed into the village. Having no choice, the people were forced to move. In 1797, the sand drove the last residents away. The dune buried Karvaiciai for good.
„Only everything that is covered by the moss is left from that time“,- L. Reza wrote, having visited the place of his former home many years later. The height of the Hill of Karvaiciai is approximately 59.4 m.
Taken from the Internet website of the National Park of the Curonian Spit
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