Jašiūnai Manor is the neoclassical manor in

Jašiūnai Jašiūnai () is a town in Lithuania. It is situated on the Merkys River and an edge of the Rūdninkai Forest. According to the 2001 census, it had population of 1,879. The town's population is primarily Poles (74.5%), with Lithuanians (12.4%) a ...

Šalčininkai district Šalčininkai (; ; ''Solechnik''; ) is a city in Vilnius County, in south-eastern Lithuania, situated south-east of Vilnius, near the border with Belarus. Etymology The name of the city derives from Šalčia river, ''šalta'' meaning cold in ...

Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...

, near River Merkys. The manor palace, designed by a famous architect

Karol Podczaszyński Karol Podczaszyński (; 7 November 1790 – 19 April 1860) was a Polish- Lithuanian leading Vilnius architect, a representative of the neoclassical architecture and a professor of the Vilnius University, as well as one of the pioneers of indus ...

, commissioned by the rector of the Imperial University of Vilna,

Jan Śniadecki Jan Śniadecki (29 August 1756 – 9 November 1830) was a Polish mathematician, philosopher, and astronomer at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. Life Born in Żnin, Śniadecki studied at Kraków Jagellonian University and in Paris. He ...

was built in 1824–1828, along with supporting buildings and a manor park. The manor had been a cultural center in the early 19th century. For a time, it was a residence of

Juliusz Słowacki Juliusz Słowacki (; ; ; 4 September 1809 – 3 April 1849) was a Polish Romantic poet. He is considered one of the " Three Bards" of Polish literature — a major figure in the Polish Romantic period, and the father of modern Polish drama. Hi ...

, who had been frequently visited by

Adam Mickiewicz Adam Bernard Mickiewicz (24 December 179826 November 1855) was a Polish poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator and political activist. He is regarded as national poet in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. He also largely influenced Ukra ...

and

Tomasz Zan Tomasz Zan (; 21 December 1796 – 19 July 1855) was a Polish poet and activist. Zan played a significant role in the cultural and literary movements of his time, advocating for the preservation and promotion of Polish culture. Zan's poetry touch ...

. The building has preserved its unique late

neoclassical style Neoclassicism, also spelled Neo-classicism, emerged as a Western cultural movement in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that drew inspiration from the art and culture of classical antiquity. Neoclassici ...

features with certain traits of the

Empire style The Empire style (, ''style Empire'') is an early-nineteenth-century design movement in architecture, furniture, other decorative arts, and the visual arts, representing the second phase of Neoclassicism. It flourished between 1800 and 1815 duri ...

and

Romanticism Romanticism (also known as the Romantic movement or Romantic era) was an artistic and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century. The purpose of the movement was to advocate for the importance of subjec ...

. The manor is included in the Lithuania's cultural heritage list.

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Houses in Lithuania Houses completed in 1828 Buildings and structures in Vilnius County Manor houses in Lithuania {{Lithuania-struct-stub