Tum - Kolegiata w Tumie

The Collegiate Church of St. Mary and St. Alexius is a Romanesque church in the village of Tum. It was built in the middle of the 12th century. It has the shape of a single-nave basilica, a two-tower west facade, and two apses. It is located on top of a holm which was once surrounded by wetlands

The building certainly served as a shelter for the local population.

In 1241 it resisted the invasion of the Tatars, but in 1293 the Lithuanians, led by Vytenis, managed to conquer it. The people who had taken refuge in the church. Some of the refugees were slaughtered and others were enslaved. Throughout the 14th century, the church was repeatedly pillaged by the Teutonic Knights and for many decades it was a ruin.

Over the centuries it was rebuilt several times. After the destruction during the Second World War, the church was rebuilt in its simpler Romanesque form, and round turrets were added to the east.