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The cozy little Kiduliai mansion will not leave anyone indifferent: the Kiduliai mansion, decorated with red tile roofs, belonged to GDL treasurer Jeronimas Krišpinas Kiršenšteinas, and later even three. At that time, many new buildings grew in the mansion, the baron arranged the park and built a greenhouse.
The mansion has a library, various cultural events, educational lessons, theater tours, three amateur art groups, utility room furniture, a theater tour wardrobe, and a meditation bench in the mansion park.
No less impressive is the Ilguva mansion, on the very shore of the Nemunas and steeped in history. Life was constantly seething in the mansion, its walls were decorated with portraits of the Grincevičiai family, and the Lithuanian nightingale Beatričė Grincevičiūtė also spent the warm Lithuanian days.
The Zypliai mansion, which covers an area of 21 ha, and the whole of the mansion will consist of 11 surviving buildings.
The works of Lithuanian and foreign artists and folk artists are regularly exhibited at the Lukšiai Cultural Center, which operates in the central palace of the Zypliai mansion, a pottery workshop is established in the old small barn of the mansion, and festivals of music and concerts. organized every year.
However, that’s not all: the Gelgaudiškis mansion farm, located on the picturesque slope of the Nemunas river, recalls glorious times.
This is a true 19th century. pearl in the Šakiai district’s architectural heritage treasure. The manor house has preserved a unique interior decoration: Art Nouveau. A team of professionals working at Gelgaudiškis Manor offers up to 7 different types of excursions and extremely pleasant walks in the solar park. Here you will discover not only other buildings of the stately complex, but also a beautiful silver maple alley, which surprises with its beauty at different times of the year.
If you have seen the legendary Lithuanian movie “Tadas Blinda”, you should recognize these places: it was filmed in this mansion.
The Šakiai district invites those who want to walk down an unusual street to stroll along the street of the Vaiguva river. Vaiguva is not only a regular stream, but also a favorite place for tourists and the street where cars still circulate. Other streams flow into Vaiguva, so the water here is always clean and cold, the bottom is covered with pebbles.
A rock lay in the river bed before World War I, on which the writer Vincas Kudirka rested during walks. Those who like active leisure and who do not want to walk, but rather to swim in the river, can go kayaking on the picturesque routes of Šešupė.
If you want to see the area from above, you can go up to the mound, and if you are more precise, visit the entire complex. The Sudargas mound complex is historically, archeologically and culturally considered the most important after the Kernavė mounds. The mounds of Balnakalnis, Žydkapiai, Bevardis, Pilaitė and Vorpils are the custodians of history. In the Middle Ages, it was one of the most important defensive castles here in the battles with the Crusaders.
Today, the still vivid signs of the magnificence of the mounds look into the unfathomable distance, the eyes of the visitors delight in the blue of the Nemunas strip, the horizons of forests and fields that open from the tops of the 5 mounds . However, Sudarg is not only rich in mounds, the city was inhabited by the great grandparents of world famous writer Jerome David Selinger and other famous people.
On one of the slopes of the Sudarg mounds is a monument dedicated to Jerome David Selinger’s novel, the world’s best “Rye at the Abyss.” Its perpetuation is very symbolic, especially knowing the family history of the writer. The monument dedicated to the novel features the silhouette of the main character from “Rye by the Abyss” and the engraved quote “I protect children from falling into the abyss.”
The mayor of the Šakiai district, Edgaras Pilypaitis, for the portal lrytas.lt He said that the objects visited and known are constantly returned and updated, although they sometimes face difficulties. “The barn reconstruction works in the Kiduliai mansion complex have been completed, but the nearby ruins of private managers do not allow us to enjoy this object loudly and with pride.
I can only affirm that neither the state nor the municipality are financially capable of restoring anything that requires proper help or care when crying … But people who work in various facilities are always offering new services, educations and this is becoming a incentive to return to the same places over and over again ”, – explains the district mayor.
The Žema Panemunė mansion is being resurrected, says E.Pilypaitis, but it’s not just the mansions she recommends visiting in the Šakiai district. The district mayor says that the unique wooden octagonal church of Griškabūdis, the mounds of Sudargas and Žemosios Panemunė and the street of the river Plokščiai Vaiguva are really worth a visit.
According to the mayor, the sights of Kudirka Naumiestis: the Vincas Kudirka Museum, his tomb, the sculptural ensemble of Pranas Sedervičius also attract the attention of tourists … “It will not be enough to get acquainted with all the objects in detail for even two days. After all, it is necessary to stop to strengthen and here the Kuchmistrai restaurant, located in the Zypliai mansion, will offer the best menu of stately cuisine or a peasant tasting of Zanavyk.
The treasures of the country’s history are protected by the Zanavykai Museum in the Zypliai mansion, in Kudirka Naumiestis you can hear the history of the lost city of Širvintos, in Lukšiai Juozas Dainelis will present an impressive private collection of hunting trophies.
The Earth Art Plein Air in Lekėčiai has recently ended and the territory of Paliekis Manor, which is wonderfully nurtured in Lekėčiai, invites you to admire the objects created during it. I myself often pass all the objects, I stop incognito to see if everyone is equally welcome and welcome, I am glad to have met satisfied visitors ”, reveals E.Pilypaitis.
The mayor says that people’s interest in Lithuanian corners has increased considerably with the pandemic and ensures that everyone will find activities in the Šakiai district.
“I am convinced that a visitor of any taste or need will find something to do with us. Before visiting us, the best thing to do is visit www.sakiaitic.lt and conveniently organize the routes and the desired objects or entertainment ”, advises E.Pilypaitis.
