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Romowe

Also known as Romuva

Romowe was a sacred site of the pagan Prussians described in the chronicle of Peter of Dusburg of 1326, which places it in Nadruvia and calls it the seat of a high priest, the Kriwe, revered like a pope. No archaeological trace has been found, and many historians doubt that it existed as described. Its name was later adopted by the modern Baltic pagan movement Romuva.

Romowe
Image: Prussian historian Christophorus Hartknoch (1644-1687) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Romowe. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/romowe
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