Day 147. Kirdiejai Palace. and Vilnius museum.

previous spot or activity: Walk in State Cultural Reserve :)

I've just attended a discussion at Kirdiejai Palace organized by Vilnius museum.

Participants of the discussion: Rūta (moderator, Vilnius Muesum coordinator, historian), Mindaugas Repšys ( former resident of skvotas Barbora, belonged to a punk movement), Povilas (historian), and Viltė (heritage manager). Of course Rasa was also present here, but she was a photographer today.

Kirdiejai Palace is an abandoned building near the Bernardine Garden. And it seem that it has bad luck, because it was abandomed for yeras and years in 17th and 18th centuries, and it is abandomed now.

Kirdiejai Palace was constructed in the begining of 17th century.  

In 1993 skvotas Barbora was established here. 

short deviation:

(Street Artist ASYSLUM has established skvotas at Rinktinės str. 2 (now it will become Double Tree by Hilton hotel)

The last residents of skvotas, among them the family of  Kristojonas who was born in Barbora (his father - Giedrius was a student at VDA), and were evicted in around 2003.  

In 2005 the building was enlisted on the Lithuanian heritage list.

Despite the fact that the buildings have been rented to a private company, it did not help to bring them back to life.

The territory of the buildings belongs to the State Cultural Reserve of Vilnius Castles.

Buildings belong to Vilnius city.

And, as I uderstood, Vilnius museum is planning to move here in the future.

series of: #FutureVisions

Series of: #VilniusMuseum

#StreetArt

#Vilniusby209 (???)

#VilniusWisdom

In the front of the buildings at Maironio str. 1 quite a new Hotel Vilnia is located. 

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Next spot: Menų Spaustuvė