Tverai
Monument to Duke Vykintas in Tverai
Tverai Location of Tverai
Coordinates: 55°44′00″N 22°08′40″E / 55.7333333°N 22.14444°E / 55.7333333; 22.14444Coordinates: 55°44′00″N 22°08′40″E / 55.7333333°N 22.14444°E / 55.7333333; 22.14444
Country	Lithuania
Ethnographic region	Samogitia
County	Telšiai County
Municipality	Raseiniai district municipality
Elderate	Tverai elderate
Population (2001)
• Total	680
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Tverai is a small town in Rietavas municipality, Lithuania. It is situated on Aitra River, tributary to Jūra, about 17 km east from Rietavas and 14 km from Varniai. Tverai, with population of about 700, is a capital of an elderate.

Tverai is identified with Tviriment Castle, mentioned in 1251 by the Hypatian Codex. The castle was the fortress where Vykintas, Duke of Samogitia and victorious leader of the Battle of Saule, defended himself against Mindaugas, crowned as King of Lithuania in 1253, during a civil war for power in the early Grand Duchy of Lithuania.^[1] Vykintas was defeated and Mindaugas became the undisputeded monarch.

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