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 | | In the second half of the 17th century, 1667 to be exact, King Jan Kazimierz permitted the Cameldolitean Order to build a monastery on the peninsula, giving the monks ownership of Lake Wigry and the two forest districts, while reserving the right to hunt in the forests surrounding the monastery. |
 | | In the late 18th century, before Wigry became part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the holdings of the monastery encompassed several dozen villages, more than 10 farms, and even bodies of water and forests. |
 | | Lake Wigry, the largest lake in the park, and one of the largest in Poland at 2,991 hectares, has an unusual shoreline more than 72 km long, a large number of islands and a depth of as much as 73 meters in some places. |
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