[2] Neris Regional Park also incorporates Bražuolė Botanical Reserve and Vepriai Botanical Reserve, which have many rare and endangered plant species and forests common to southern Lithuania.

By 1790, there was a working parish school, later reformed into a Piarist college.

[2] After the failed November Uprising of 1830-1831, Piarists were forced to leave Dūkštos.

The village was very supportive of the January Uprising of 1863, and a revolutionary commander headquarters were established in the nearby forests, while a nearby valley served as the location of a military hospital for revolutionaries and people injured during clashes with the Tsarist authorities.

[2] There are 49 villages in the eldership, the largest of which are Brinkiškės, Dūkštos, Geisiškės, Verkšionys and Miežionys.