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Palace of Levin von Bennigsen in Zakret. Artist: Marcelis Jannuszewicz (1836). "Palace of Leontius Bennigsen in Zakret (today, Vingio Park) The three-storey Jesuit Palace built after the design by architect Johann Christoph Glaubitz was acquired by the governor general of Vilnius Leontius Bennigsen in 1801. During a ball that took place in the palace on 24 June 1812, the Russian emperor Alexander I received the news about the invasion of the French army. In 1812 the palace housed the French military hospital, which burned down during the war. Later the tsarist administration failed to renovate the palace. It slowly deteriorated and was pulled down in 1855." (A virtual exhibition "The Period of French Rule in Vilnius—Lithuania and the French Russian War of 1812 (2014) by National Museum of Lithuania, Arsenalo Str. 1, LT-01143 Vilnius )

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Description

Palace of Levin von Bennigsen in Zakret. Artist: Marcelis Jannuszewicz (1836).

"Palace of Leontius Bennigsen in Zakret (today, Vingio Park)

The three-storey Jesuit Palace built after the design by architect Johann Christoph Glaubitz was acquired by the governor general of Vilnius Leontius Bennigsen in 1801. During a ball that took place in the palace on 24 June 1812, the Russian emperor Alexander I received the news about the invasion of the French army. In 1812 the palace housed the French military hospital, which burned down during the war. Later the tsarist administration failed to renovate the palace. It slowly deteriorated and was pulled down in 1855." (A virtual exhibition "The Period of French Rule in Vilnius—Lithuania and the French Russian War of 1812 (2014) by National Museum of Lithuania, Arsenalo Str. 1, LT-01143 Vilnius )

Date

11 December 2011

Source

Radvilų (jėzuitų) rūmai Vingio parke, Vilnius (in lt). Miestai ir architektūra (3 June 2011). Retrieved on 21 September 2021.; The Period of French Rule in Vilnius. National Museum of Lithuania (2014). Archived from the original on 19 September 2015. Retrieved on 21 September 2021.

Author

Marceli Januszewicz (1806–1859)
Alternative names	Marceli Januszewicz
Description	Polish painter
Date of birth/death	1806	1859
Location of birth/death	Yaltushkiv	Vilnius
Authority file	: Q12664383 VIAF: 77149841846402840773

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