Walkers' Palace ( lit. Chodkevičių rūmai ) is a late- classicist palace in the Old Town of Vilnius , occupying the space of the block between Didzioji and Boksto streets ( Didžioji g. 4 / Bokšto g. 5 ). Since 1994, the Vilnius Picture Gallery (a division of the Lithuanian Art Museum ), the administration and services of the museum are located in the palace. The representative western building of the palace is one of the most prominent dominants of the street DJ. The complex of buildings of the palace is an object of cultural heritage of national importance and is protected by the state; the code in the Register of Cultural Property of the Republic of Lithuania is 26444 [1] .
| Palace | |
| Chodkiewicz Palace | |
|---|---|
| Chodkevičių rūmai | |
 Chodkiewicz Palace | |
| A country |  Lithuania |
| Location | |
| Architectural style | Classicism |
| Key Dates | |
| XVII century - Construction of the Chodkiewicz Palace 1834 - Redevelopment in the style of classicism 1994 - Lithuanian Art Museum | |
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History
Stone buildings in this area were already in the XVI century . At the turn of the XVI - XVII centuries, the noble family of the Chodkiewicz in their place erected a fortified city residence with a courtyard and towers, acquiring buildings in this place and in the neighborhood in 1611 , 1619 , 1647 . In 1691, the palace was repaired. In the XVII — XVIII centuries, the palace expanded and rebuilt after wars and fires.
In the first half of the XVIII century, the palace was rented by Kuchersky, later - Przezdzetsky. In 1754 - 1762 the palace was rebuilt according to the project of architect A. Virener. At the end of the 18th century, the palace belonging to Puslovsky fell into decay and in 1803 was acquired by the Vilna University .
In the first half of the XIX century (about 1825 - 1834 ) the palace was once again rebuilt, presumably according to the project of architect Tomasz (Thomas) Tyshetsky : the third floor was completed, two outbuildings were lengthened, an office building was built, thereby forming an enclosed courtyard. The palace acquired the present forms of classicism and since then has hardly changed.
After the abolition of the Vilnius University in 1832, the palace was taken over by the Vilnius Medical-Surgical Academy . Here was a dormitory of students of the academy In 1841, the former Chodkiewicz Palace was occupied by the administration of the Belarusian (later Vilensky) school district , the Vilna censorship committee, residential apartments of the district trustee and its officials.
In 1919, the building became the property of the University of Stefan Batory , then Vilnius University . Here were arranged the apartments of professors in which the historian Ignas Joninas lived, the philosopher Vasily Sezeman , the biologist Prantsiskus Shivickis , the psychologist Jonas Vabalas-Gudaitis and others.
Since 1994, in the six historic interiors and 17 exhibition halls after the palace’s reconstruction, there has been an exposition of the Vilnius Art Gallery , representing Lithuanian visual art of the 16th - early 20th centuries . In the halls of the second floor, the elements of decor and interior (stucco molding, stove), characteristic of classicism, have been preserved, complemented by furniture and works of applied art.
Architecture
The palace building is one of the most interesting architectural ensembles in the classical style in Vilnius. The building was formed in the era of Gothic and Baroque . In the part of the building overlooking the street Didji, Gothic cellars, partially reconstructed in the Renaissance , are preserved.
The north wall of the western corps is also Gothic. The roof is tiled.
The building is three-storeyed, with the exception of the two-storey office building on the east side, overlooking Boksto.
The main western facade with a balcony over the entrance to the courtyard overlooks the street Didzhui . The buildings of the palace of the corpus form a spacious courtyard of the wrong plan, two entrances of which overlook both streets - Didzyoyi and Bokshto . In the courtyard stands the eastern facade with a flat portico without a pediment and four Doric columns .
Notes
- ↑ Rūmų kompleksas, vad. Chodkevičių (lit.) . Kultūros vertybių registras . Kultūros paveldo departamentas prie Kultūros ministerijos. The date of appeal is January 19, 2018.
Literature
- Levandauskas Vytautas. Chodkevičių rūmai // Lietuvos TSR istorijos ir kultūros paminklų sąvadas. - Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų leidykla, 1988. - Vol. 1: Vilnius. - pp. 220–222. - 792 s. - 25 000 copies (lit.)