Kalvarija (pronunciationⓘ) is a town in southwestern Lithuania, located in the Marijampolė County, close to the border with Poland.

Variants of the name include Kalvarijos, Kalvariya, Kalwarja,[1] Yiddish: קאלװאריע (Kalvarye), Kalwaria (Polish), Kalvarien (German), Calvaria, Kalvaria, Kalwariya, and Kalwarya.

In 1791 Stanisław August Poniatowski recognized that Kalvarija had the right to call itself a town and confirmed the municipality's coat of arms.

In 1941, a mass execution of 38 Jews of the city was perpetrated by Gestapo soldiers and Lithuanian policemen.

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