Glitiškės Manor — Attraction in Vilnius County

The Glitiškės manor was first mentioned in 1483. Until the end of the Second World War, it belonged to the Jelenskis, a family of Lithuanian nobles, descended from the Karaim-Tatar khans, who moved to the territory of the LDK during the reign of the Grand Duke of Lithuania Vytautas the Great. The last owner, Kazimierz Jelenskis, died in the Nazi concentration camp in Auschwitz in 1943. The surviving main palace of the manor was built in 1860 and has classical and vernacular architectural forms. The palace stands on the eastern side of Lake Širvys. The manor has been renovated and reconstructed in the last few years. A little park in front of the main palace has alsoreceived attention and is a nice entry to the former glorious estate. After the war, a school was located in the palace, currently it belongs to the Vilnius district municipality and there is a library in it. Other buildings, except for the office and the distillery, have been privatised, some of them stand today but are in very dilapidated shape. The manor is a cultural heritage object protected by the State. I'm very happy that it got attention and was renovated. I hope that it will be properly used by the local community and that it will receive the appropriate attention from locals and outsiders alike.

A true natural wonder and a true beauty grows in the courtyard of the manor - an oak tree. Supposedly, this is the tallest oak tree (over 24 meters) in the country. It’s also said that it’s the third “fattest” (over 740cm in circumference at 1,3 m height) in Lithuania, too. It’s size is really impressive. Three of us tried to hug it and barely managed to do that. The tree is a protected natural wonder of the country, so be nice to it. Legend has it that the oak tree is important to Lithuania not only due to its gorgeous size, but because just before the 1831 upheaval against the Tsarist Russia, local youth was gathering here and planning their steps in the upcoming upheaval. Go visit it the manor, you...

Dvaras ir jo aplinka sutvarkyti. Fasado spalva pasikeitė. Iš pastato kairės stūkso Glitiškių ąžuolas. Iš vakarinės pusės atsiveria graži panorama į Širvio ežerą, tačiau pats dvaras iš ežero pusės užaugęs medžiais. Iš iškabos: Pirmą kartą istoriniuose šaltiniuose Glitiškių dvaras paminėtas 1483 m. Dvarvietė, įsikūrusi ant irvio ežero kranto, nuo XVIII a. pr., iki Antrojo pasaulinio karo priklausė Jelenskių šeimai. 1860 m. ant kalvos virš ežero jau stūksojo neogotikinių plytų pastatas. Į ji vedė graži alėja. Prie dvaro atsirado priestatas, oranžerija, lobynas, arklidės ir kiti ūkiniai pastatai. Šalia buvo nuostabus parkas. 600 metų skaičiuojantis ąžuolas kurio kamieno apimtis siekia 7 metrus Kazimieras Jelenskis buvo paskutinis dvaro savininkas. 1943 m. žuvo. Po Antrojo pasaulinio karo dvaras buvo stipriai apgadintas. Čia įsikūrė kolūkio kontora, vėliau mokykla, o nuo 1996 m. - biblioteka ir...

Renovation is not finished, but manor looks really nice from the outside. And the park near by should look really nice...