Hundreds of years in the past the Salduvė hill east of Speakša hosted a wooden castle which defended Šiauliai. Saulės Laikrodžio (Sundial) square south of Talkša is crowned by a sculpture-sundial That could be a present day image of Šiauliai. Lake Rėkyva south of Šiauliai is the biggest wetland lake https://www.agniswap.fi/