List of Gothic brick structures in Lithuania and Belarus
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The list of brick Gothic buildings in Lithuania and Belarus is the most complete possible compilation of brick Gothic buildings in Lithuania and Belarus . It is part of the list of Gothic brick buildings . These structures are listed as completely as possible, in all corresponding countries in Europe. The only buildings included are those on which the brick appears somewhere or, in the case of muddy surfaces, at least the brick structure of the masonry is recognizable.
Historical framework:
At the time when Gothic buildings were erected in Lithuania and in what is now Belarus, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania comprised both areas, plus the eastern edge of what is now Poland and parts of what is now Ukraine .
Lithuania
(Number of buildings and building groups: 14)
place | Building | construction time | Remarks | photo |
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Vilnius | St. Anne's Church | 1495-1500 | extraordinary flamboyant style | |
St. Francis and St. Bernard Church (CC) | 15th century | later changes; "Belarusian" Gothic | ||
Nicolaikirche (CC) | late 14th century | oldest surviving catholic church building in Lithuania | ||
Gediminas Tower and Upper Castle | early 15th century | many later changes | ||
Kaunas | Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul | from 1408 | Basilica, redesigned in baroque style | |
Kaunas Castle (CC) | from the middle of the 14th century | |||
Gertrudenkirche (CC) | 15th century? | "Belarusian" Gothic | ||
Vytautas Magnus Church | around 1400 | former Franciscan Church | ||
House of Perkūna (Perkūno namas) (CC) | late 15th century | extraordinary flamboyant style | ||
Kėdainiai | St. George's Church (CC) | 1403 | Modifications and repairs | |
Medininkai | Castle (CC) | 13th century | ||
Trakai | Inselburg | 14th - early 15th century | built under the grand dukes Kęstutis and Vytautas | |
Peninsula castle | late 14th century, later reconstructions | built under the Grand Duke Kęstutis | ||
Zapyškis | Old Johanneskirche (CC) | between 1530 a. 1578 | "Belarusian" Gothic |
Brick Gothic buildings in Lithuania and Belarus → Screenshot of this map, of course with place names ➡ see also all detailed distribution maps - Atlas of Brick Gothic |
Belarus
(Number of buildings and building groups: 6)
place | Building | construction time | Remarks | photo |
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Hnesna | St. Michaels Church (CC) | 1524-1527 | Old tower, neo-Gothic ship | |
Krewa | Krewa Castle | early 14th century | partly field stone with brick facing | |
Lida | Lida Castle (CC) | 14th century | Stone with brick | |
Kamenets | Border tower | 1276-1289 | ||
Me | Castle me | late 15th – early 16th century |
World heritage ; great renaissance changes | |
Synkavichy | St. Michaels Church (CC) | 16th century | Fortified church |
See also
literature
- Marianne Mehling (Ed.): Knaur's cultural guide in color Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania . Munich 1993, ISBN 3-426-26608-3 .