European Heritage Days in Biršton. Architectural connections of Birštonas
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European Heritage Days 2024. "Cultural heritage: connections, influences, pathways"
September 12 17:00 "Neogothic master Vaclovas Michnevičius and Birštonas St. Church of Anthony of Padua"
Birštonas St. in the Church of St. Anthony of Padua (14 Birutės st.)
Dr. Rasa Butvilaitė will read the report "Neogothic master Vaclovas Michnevičius and Biršton's St. Church of Anthony of Padua".
Vaclovas Michnevičius (1866-1947) is an engineer, one of the most productive of the 19th century. help - 20th century p. Lithuanian architects. in 1893 when he came to work in Vilnius, he quickly distinguished himself as a talented, versatile designer, capable of working both in the field of secular and sacred architecture. Today, more than 30 churches built on the territory of Lithuania and present-day Belarus are attributed to him. Almost all of them represent the neo-Gothic style that was fashionable at the time. St. Birštonas The Church of St. Anthony of Padua is no exception. Art historian and architect Dr. In Rasa Butvilaitė's lecture.
