Kretinga Bernardine Monastery

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Bernardine Monastery and Church of the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary
Aerial view of the monastery and church
General information
Location	Kretinga, Lithuania
Coordinates	55°53′31″N 21°14′34″E / 55.891997°N 21.242767°E / 55.891997; 21.242767

The Bernardine Monastery and Church of the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary in Kretinga, Lithuania, is one of the oldest churches and the first monastery in Samogitia. The masonry buildings of the monastery and the church were built in 1605–1617. They were sponsored by a nobleman of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, on his wife's initiative, and the development of the whole town of Kretinga is directly tied to the establishment of the Bernardine monastery.^[1]