Hundreds of years back the Salduvė hill east of Speakša hosted a wood castle which defended Šiauliai. Saulės Laikrodžio (Sundial) square south of Converseša is crowned by a sculpture-sundial That could be a modern image of Šiauliai. Lake Rėkyva south of Šiauliai is the most important wetland lake in Lithuania https://www.agniswap.fi/