List of Gothic brick structures in Lithuania and Belarus

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Grand Duchy of Lithuania; the present-day states of Lithuania and Belarus together roughly correspond to its extent at the death of Gediminas in 1341 (red-brown to medium-brown)

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)

→ The position map with the structures of both countries is placed between the lists for Lithuania and Belarus

place Building construction time Remarks photo
Vilnius St. Anne's Church 1495-1500 extraordinary flamboyant style
Vilnius Šv.  Onos St. Anna.jpg
St. Francis and St. Bernard Church (CC) 15th century later changes; "Belarusian" Gothic
Bernardine.jpg
Nicolaikirche (CC) late 14th century oldest surviving catholic church building in Lithuania
Mikalojus Church.jpg
Gediminas Tower and Upper Castle early 15th century many later changes
Gediminas Tower in Vilnius (cropped) .jpg
Kaunas Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul from 1408 Basilica, redesigned in baroque style
Kauno arkikatedra bokstas 2006-06-03.JPG
Kaunas Castle (CC) from the middle of the 14th century
Kauno pilis.  Kaunas Castle. 2006-06-11.jpg
Gertrudenkirche (CC) 15th century? "Belarusian" Gothic
Gertrude's in Kaunas.jpg
Vytautas Magnus Church around 1400 former Franciscan Church
Vytautas church.jpg
House of Perkūna (Perkūno namas) (CC) late 15th century extraordinary flamboyant style
Perkuno namas 2006-06-30.jpg
Kėdainiai St. George's Church (CC) 1403 Modifications and repairs
Kėdainių Šv.  Jurgio bažnyčia2.jpg
Medininkai Castle (CC) 13th century
Medininkų pilis iš dangaus 03.jpg
Trakai Inselburg 14th - early 15th century built under the grand dukes Kęstutis and Vytautas
Le château de Trakai (Lituanie) .jpg
Peninsula castle late 14th century, later reconstructions built under the Grand Duke Kęstutis
N trakai 1pilis.JPG
Zapyškis Old Johanneskirche (CC) between 1530 a. 1578 "Belarusian" Gothic
Zapyshkis church, Lithuania 2013-08-30 - from NE.jpg

Belarus

(Number of buildings and building groups: 6)

place Building construction time Remarks photo
Hnesna St. Michaels Church (CC) 1524-1527 Old tower, neo-Gothic ship
Hniezna.  Гнезна (2007) .jpg
Krewa Krewa Castle early 14th century partly field stone with brick facing
Belarus-Kreva Castle-Wall.jpg
Lida Lida Castle (CC) 14th century Stone with brick
Lida-Castle3.JPG
Kamenets Border tower 1276-1289
Kamyanets003.jpg
Me Castle me late 15th
– early 16th century
World heritage ; great renaissance changes
Belarus-Mir-Castle-8 cropped.jpg
Synkavichy St. Michaels Church (CC) 16th century Fortified church
Царква Сьв.  Міхаіла Архангела ў Сынкавічах, photo 3.jpg

See also

Screenshot of the distribution map, of course with place names

literature

  • Marianne Mehling (Ed.): Knaur's cultural guide in color Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania . Munich 1993, ISBN 3-426-26608-3 .

Web links

Commons : Brick Gothic in Lithuania  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
Commons : Belarusian Gothic  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Roman Aranazy, Dzieje rezydencji na dawnych kresach Rzeczypospolite (residences in the former territories of the Polish Rzeczpospolita) , 1993, pp 209, Hniezna
  2. radzima.org - tourist presentation of Hnezna