While archaeological research dates human presence in the area to the Neolithic era, Perloja village was first mentioned in writing in 1378.
Situated on the important Vilnius–Hrodna road, the village had a royal estate for accommodation of traveling Grand Dukes and other Lithuanian nobles.
After Christianization of Lithuania, the village was one of the first places to construct a Catholic church funded by Vytautas the Great.
In 1710, during the Great Northern War, the plague wiped out almost all inhabitants of Perloja.
However the settlement recovered and was granted the Magdeburg rights and coat of arms in 1792.
The arms depicted a bull with Latin cross on its head.
Possibly the image was borrowed from Kaunas.
The arms and the rights were soon abolished as the village was absorbed into the Russian Empire following the partitions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
The historic coat of arms was restored in 1993.
While archaeological research dates human presence in the area to the Neolithic era, Perloja village was first mentioned in writing in 1378. Situated on the important Vilnius–Hrodna road, the village had a royal estate for accommodation of traveling Grand Dukes and other Lithuanian nobles. After Christianization of Lithuania, the village was one of the first places to construct a Catholic church funded by Vytautas the Great. In 1710, during the Great Northern War, the plague wiped out almost all inhabitants of Perloja. However the settlement recovered and was granted the Magdeburg rights and coat of arms in 1792. The arms depicted a bull with Latin cross on its head. Possibly the image was borrowed from Kaunas. The arms and the rights were soon abolished as the village was absorbed into the Russian Empire following the partitions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The historic coat of arms was restored in 1993.
Perloja