The remains of Barbora Radvilaitė’s palace in Vilnius

After Franciszek Smuglewicz (?).

Not far from the Lower Castle, on the street now called Tilto Street, there was a palace which was no less luxurious than the palace of the grand dukes, and which belonged to the nobleman Jurgis Radvila and his daughter Barbora. This was where Barbora married King Sigismund Augustus in 1547 and became Queen of Lithuania and Poland. The Renaissance-style palace stood in a park beside the River Neris, and the walks in the park were adorned with fountains and sculptures. The Radvila palace and that of the grand duke were separated by a canal with a covered bridge over it. This is how the name Tilto (Bridge) Street originated. By the 18th century, the palace had already been abandoned, and in 1828 it was sold and pulled down. Eustachy Tyszkiewicz, the founder of the Museum of Antiquities in the mid-19th century, acquired a watercolour of the remains of Barbora Radvilaitė’s palace.

Text author Laima Laučkaitė

Source: Law firm Valiunas Ellex art album VILNIUS. TOPOPHILIA I (2014). Compiler and author Laima Laučkaitė, RES PUBLICA (2018). Compiler and author Rūta Janonienė
Expositions: “Vilnius. Topophilia. Views of Vilnius from the collection of the law firm Ellex Valiunas”, 5 October – 26 November 2017, National Gallery of Art, Vilnius (curator Laima Laučkaitė)

After Franciszek Smuglewicz (?).

Not far from the Lower Castle, on the street now called Tilto Street, there was a palace which was no less luxurious than the palace of the grand dukes, and which belonged to the nobleman Jurgis Radvila and his daughter Barbora. This was where Barbora married King Sigismund Augustus in 1547 and became Queen of Lithuania and Poland. The Renaissance-style palace stood in a park beside the River Neris, and the walks in the park were adorned with fountains and sculptures. The Radvila palace and that of the grand duke were separated by a canal with a covered bridge over it. This is how the name Tilto (Bridge) Street originated. By the 18th century, the palace had already been abandoned, and in 1828 it was sold and pulled down. Eustachy Tyszkiewicz, the founder of the Museum of Antiquities in the mid-19th century, acquired a watercolour of the remains of Barbora Radvilaitė’s palace.

Text author Laima Laučkaitė

Source: Law firm Valiunas Ellex art album VILNIUS. TOPOPHILIA I (2014). Compiler and author Laima Laučkaitė, RES PUBLICA (2018). Compiler and author Rūta Janonienė
Expositions: “Vilnius. Topophilia. Views of Vilnius from the collection of the law firm Ellex Valiunas”, 5 October – 26 November 2017, National Gallery of Art, Vilnius (curator Laima Laučkaitė)