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grew to become a center of economic importance and Upytė became eclipsed by this rival. Nevertheless, Upytė is one of the longest surviving regional capitals from earlier times.
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ordered it to be exhumed and buried under the floor of the church in 1865. According to the legend this led to
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chronicle dealing with the divisions of the Upmala region. Upytė had a wooden castle built on an island which later became a
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on the banks of Vešeta Creek. It is now the capital of an
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