The red brick equestrian facility was built in 1879 following the Renaissance Revival tradition. The chariots and the horses (mostly of the Žemaitukas breed) were kept in the left wing of the building. The right wing was dedicated to the living quarters of the stable staff. Former servants of the manor narrated how well the equestrian complex was managed. The horses were groomed daily and the head groom was always dressed formally, in a white shirt with a starched-stiff collar...
During the First World War, the German military took all the horses from Plungė Manor (by that time, Count Michał Ogiński had been long dead). From...
The western (left side) officine (servants’ house) was used as a guest house during the Oginskiai period. Nursemaids-nuns also used to live there. They worked in the orphanage which was maintained by the Oginskiai family. In 1883, a two-year Lithuanian school was opened, and the year 1903 saw the opening of Ms. M. Oginskienė’s daraktoriai (village teachers) school. Next to this building, on the lawn, there was a big insulated orangerie and the Oginskiai family chapel.
For a long time, no accurate historical data on the construction of the manor were available. However, when the restoration works of the manor were started after the Second World War, a bottle with documents inside was found hidden in the foundations of the building. The documents were written in three languages, Lithuanian, Polish and Latin, and contained information on the construction time of the manor house, the name of the architect and the construction supervisor, and the family tree of the Ogiński family. A letter from Count Michał Ogiński of Plungė was also discovered among the documents. The Count was asking to leave the bottle...
The eastern (right side) officine was intended for the administration of the manor. This is where an accountant worked. There was also a kitchen in this building.
Perkūnas’s Oak – the oldest Oak tree in Plungė Mansion Park – grows in the central area of the park next to Oginskis Palace. The diameter of Perkūnas’s Oak is one meter and sixty-five centimetres, while its height is twenty-five metres. The tree was declared a natural monument in the nineteen sixty, and since nineteen eighty-seven it has been a natural monument of national significance.
The tree itself is not only culturally significant, but also the myths and legends that surround it. It is told that during pagan times, the priestess Galinda kept an eternal holy flame burning there. One day, thunder and...
The monument to Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis was built in Plungė Park, next to the palace of Mykolas Oginskis. The place of the monument symbolizes the connection between these two personalities. Duke M. Oginskis was the main sponsor of M.K. Čiurlionis' studies at the Warsaw Music Institute and the Royal Institute of Leipzig. Monument author, sculptor Dalia Matulaitė.
The main gates of M. Oginskis estate was built in 1879. The duke M. Oginskis with his wife M. Oginskienė and honered quests entered the estate through this gates by carriage and parked in front of the manor.
M. Oginskis times the gates also fulfilled the representative fuction. It was like the object of small architecture, which reflected period of the romanticism and historicism style. The aim was to maintain intergity of the buildings.
Near the gates was established the quard house which remains up to now. There is Tourism information centre now.
There was two buildings which were assign to duke's M. Oginskis Orchestra school in this place. They were built in 1873.
One of the buildings had 9 rooms and the bigest room of all mainly, was used for rehearsals. The other building had three floors and it was named "Switzerland", it had beautiful balconies in the second and trhid floor. Balconies were decoreted with carved fruits, flowers and variuos leaves. The building reminded beautiful houses in Alpine.
Howerver, the number decreased of musicians after the M. Oginskis deaf in 1902 and only the...
1846 is the year that still can be seen in the foundation stone. That year the brick tower with a clock was built. The tower is the oldest building of Plungė Manor that has remained intact to this day. The clock is visible from all four sides of the tower and is the reason why the townsfolk have named the building ‘dziegorine’, which is the ancient local term for clocktower.
The Zubov family who owned Plungė Manor at that time took Palazzo Vecchio as an example of the 12-meter-high tower. It turned out as a largely reduced copy of the Pallazo Vecchio as the latter had a 94-meter-high tower and was built in 1314....
The Freedom Monument was built in 1928 as memorial to celebrate decade of Lithuanian independence. The monument depict woman with beautiful wings holding sword and crown in her hands.
After the World War II this monument was demolished. It was reconstructed in 1992.
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