Tour “The Secrets of Pažaislis Monastery”

Audience

Adults

Type

Tour

Place

Pažaislis Monastery Ensemble

Starting point

next to the left gates to the monastery

Means of travelling

By foot outside, Inside

Duration

Around 1 hour

Distance

1,5 km

Language

English, German

Season

All seasons of the year

About the tour

The tour in Pažaislis with experienced guides. Book your tour around Kaunas today!

 

Tour “The Secrets of Pažaislis Monastery”

 

During the tour, we will visit one of the most beautiful late baroque examples in Northeast Europe – the Pažaislis monastery and the Church of the Holy Virgin Mary’s Apparition to Elisabeth.

Here, we will learn about the history of the 17th-century ensemble, its rich initiator and founder Kristupas Žygimantas Pacas, the chancellor of the Grand Dutchy of Lithuania, Camaldolese monks who had given vows of poverty, and other owners of the ensemble.

The ensemble was designed and built in the 17th century by the most famous masters from Italy.

Curious locals had calculated that the monastery and church construction cost 8 million gold coins.

Camaldolese monks who lived here upheld a rigorous and ascetic order.

Since the interwar, Sisters of St. Casimir have looked after and lived in this monastery.

 

Pictures: https://www.facebook.com/EkskursijosKaune.Paragaukistorijos.lt

Price

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