Burbiškis
Village in Samogitia, Lithuania
55°47′N 23°53′E / 55.783°N 23.883°E / 55.783; 23.883
Lithuania (2001)
Burbiškis is a small village in northern Lithuania, between Šiauliai and Panevėžys. According to census of 2001, it had 7 residents.[1]
Burbiškis features a Neo-Gothic manor house, first mentioned in 1618. The first owners, the Burba family, gave the village its name.[2] From 1819 to 1941, the manor belonged to the Bażeński family. Michał Ignacy Bażeński's son Michał was married to Marija, poet and daughter of cultural activist Petras Vileišis. Kornel Makuszyński, a renowned Polish writer of children's and youth literature, was married to Emilia Bażeńska, daughter of Michał Ignacy. The couple lived in Burbiškis in 1912–14.[3]Therefore, in the early 20th century, Burbiškis was one of the places for cultural meetings of intelligentsia.[2]
The manor is quite well preserved with some original interior. The manor houses a small museum and a guesthouse. The buildings are surrounded by a 28-hectare (69-acre) park with man-made lakes that feature 15 islands connected by 12 bridges.[4] The park also has monuments to Romantic poet Adam Mickiewicz (erected in 1911), medieval ruler Vytautas the Great (1912), Saint Mary.[2] Every spring the park hosts a festival showcasing some 400 different varieties of tulips.[2]
References
- ^ Šiaulių apskrities kaimo gyvenamosios vietovės ir jų gyventojai (PDF) (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Department of Statistics to the Government of the Republic of Lithuania. 2003. p. 82. ISBN 9986-589-94-0.
- ^ a b c d Semaška, Algimantas (2006). Kelionių vadovas po Lietuvą: 1000 lankytinų vietovių norintiems geriau pažinti gimtąjį kraštą (in Lithuanian) (4th ed.). Vilnius: Algimantas. p. 243. ISBN 9986-509-90-4.
- ^ Rydel, Maciej. "Dwory na Litwie" (in Polish). Dwory-polskie.pl. Retrieved 2009-11-06.
- ^ "Exposition on History of the Burbiškis Manor". Lithuanian Art Museum and Association of Lithuanian Museums. 2009-10-20. Retrieved 2009-11-06.
