Lithuanian Collector Coins LITHUANIAN CASTLES AND MANORS Fragment of the heraldic furnace tile with the coat of arms of Sapieha Palace Peter Nonhart (2011) Fragment of a stucco molding in the northern gallery, Furnace tile from Sapieha Palace (2011) end of the 17th century (2013) political turmoil. After the death of Jan Kazimierz reconstructed time and again. During the Sapieha the Younger, the residency was taken 1843-1848 reconstruction, workers rebuilt the over by his descendants. Throughout the 18th upper part of the Palace and altered many Information at the Bank of Lithuanian Collector Coins Lithuania: © Lietuvos bankas, 2019 century, the Palace was repaired and partly parts of its layout, thus destroying almost the Denomination: €20 On the edge of the coin: Lietuvos rūmai ir dvarai +370 5 268 0316 reconstructed, its interior was redesigned, entire interior architecture and decor. (Lithanian Castles and Manors) [email protected] Coins photographed by Arūnas Baltėnas although the exterior did not change much. In Soviet times, Sapieha Palace housed a www.lb.lt Designed by Liudas Parulskis At the end of the 18th century, Franciszek war school. Only in late 1992 it was returned to Silver Ag 925 Quality: proof Purchase at: www.coins.lb.lt Lithuanian Collector Coins Photo credits: Mindaugas Kaminskas, Rūta Janonienė, Sapieha, Artillery General of Lithuania, the Lithuanian state. In 2010, design proposals LITHUANIAN CASTLES AND MANORS Evaldas Purlys, Linas Girlevičius, Liudas Parulskis Sapieha Palace sold the Palace to Józef and Ludwika for its restoration were presented by the Illustration credits: Lithuanian Art Museum (T-1566), Weight: 28.28 g Kossakowski who, in turn, sold it in 1806 architect Evaldas Purlys. The restoration itself Diameter: 38.61 mm Russian Central State Military Historical Archive (f. 50, Coin dedicated to Sapieha Palace to Wojciech Pusłowski, the Slonim powiat started in 2012, which allowed uncovering the N1/27) (from the series ‘Lithuanian Castles and Manors’) szlachta Marshal, who later resold it to the Baroque architecture of the facade, recreating Mintage: 2,500 pcs Designed by Eglė Ratkutė Printed by UAB INDIGO print Denomination: €20 city of Vilnius. In 1809, the Palace and its interior of the Baroque Palace and restoring www.indigoprint.lt On the edge of the coin: Lithuanian Castles and Manors surrounding grounds were restructured into the authentic architectural elements. Coins minted at Published by the Bank of Lithuania Quality: proof a military hospital. In order to accommodate Issued in 2019 the Lithuanian Mint Gedimino pr. 6, LT-01103 Vilnius Diameter: 38.61 mm www.lithuanian-mint.lt Weight: 28.28 g the Palace to the new functions, it was Dr. (HP) Rūta Janonienė Mintage: 2,500 pcs Designed by Eglė Ratkutė Issued in 2019 Lietuvos skautų brolijos nario Gedimino Vaitekavičiaus knygelė. Southern part of Sapieha Palace before the restoration (2011) the Pac family and the Jesuit novitiate. Several adapting it to the new times. It was turned into a land plots in Antakalnis were purchased suburban residence – a summer villa featuring from their owners to form a large jurydyka of no defence elements. The symmetrical Sapieha Palace during the restoration (2015) the construction date but also determines the Sapieha family. The new premises were frontispiece, like the solemn grand drape in the some of the main concepts behind the angled to the direction of the Neris River, with theatre, covers the irregular building shape and decor choices. These are the themes of the The frontispiece of Sapieha Palace by Jonas Šolma, a Baroque-style park stretching between creates an impression of harmony, whereas peaceful post-war period, commemoration SAPIEHA PALACE post-1830(?) the Palace and Antakalnis street. Nearby, on the side facades open up to the landscape in of the past heroes and prosperity fostered the northern side of the park, Jan Kazimierz wide two-storey arched galleries that fi ll the by the current owners. Such motifs were Sapieha the Younger established the Holy premises with light. The entire architectural embodied by exceptional and plentiful Sapieha Palace and the surrounding park in Vilnius, Trinity Monastery alongside the Church of composition of the Palace is authentic and stucco mouldings on the facade and inside Antakalnis district, are a signifi cant monument of the Saviour. Most active in 1689-1692, the unique. An epitaph plate on the facade boasts the halls, as well as murals, furnace tiles and history and art of the Baroque period. The story construction works were supervised by an a Latin inscription: “Antakalnis is the resting other decorative elements. behind the Palace fi rst of all revolves around Jan Italian architect Giovanni Battista Frediani. The place of ancient heroes. Having risen from The exceptional artistic value of Sapieha Kazimierz Sapieha the Younger (1637-1720) who architect used part of the walls of Nonhart the ruins, the immense palace will protect in Palace was determined by both the was a great battle commander, the Voivode of Palace, yet radically transformed the building peace those tired in war. In the year of our Lord prominent fi gure of its owner and the artists’ Vilnius and Grand Hetman of the Grand Duchy and created a completely new type of palace, 1691”. The inscription not only commemorates Western facade decoration fragment with the monogram of virtuosity. The interior and exterior decor was of Lithuania. Sapieha Palace in Antakalnis was Jan Kazimierz Sapieha (2011) created by two famous Italian artists working built as part of the nobleman’s dynastic plans – in Lithuania – Giovanni Pietro Perti (architect it was meant to be a visual representation and and sculptor) and Michele Arcangelo commemoration of his social position. Palloni (painter). Unfortunately, only some Research shows that Sapieha Palace, erected fragments of murals and stucco mouldings at the end of the 17th century, was built on the ruins that survived through the years still hint at the of some older masonry. The fi rst buildings started artistic level and nature of the decor created emerging in this picturesque suburb of Vilnius by these eminent artists. in the 16th century. They belonged to diff erent The interior works of the Palace in owners, including a famous castellan of Vilnius and Antakalnis were never fi nished due to certain architect Peter Nonhart who ruled over Antakalnis First fl oor plan of Sapieha Palace, unfavourable factors and the fact that the th Facade decoration fragment (2011) Manor in the fi rst half of the 17 century, later – drawing by Joseph Poussier, 1809 An 1691 epitaph plate from the facade (2011) Sapieha family lost some of its power amid Fish-eye view of Sapieha Palace (2019).