On February, 21 in Saint Petersburg state university of architecture and civil engineering there took place the opening ceremony of the photo exhibition “Mansion houses of Lithuania” by Diana Garbachiauskene and Leonas Garbachiauskas. The main purpose of the exhibition is to introduce Saint Petersburg citizens to the checkered architectural past of the Lithuanian mansion houses by means of the professionally shot and aesthetically attractive pictures

The exhibition was opened by the Counsel General of Lithuania in Saint Petersburg Aushra Semashkene, vice-rector for academic activity of Saint Petersburg state university of architecture and civil engineering Viktor B. Zverev and dean of the faculty of architecture Sergey V. Sementsov.

“The most remarkable about the mansion houses is that most of them depicted in the pictures are non-state and are of private property, - said Mrs. Semashkene. – Regenerating the rights of possession owners need to restore the mansions. The state authorities maintain constant control and impose large penalties for breaking the obligatory requirements. This encourages owners to renovate the buildings themselves and the nearby territories, parks creating the ensemble as a whole”.

Dean of the faculty of architecture Sergey V. Sementsov emphasized that the given exhibition representing the work of Lithuanian specialists is dear for Russian restorers as it contains reflections of common restoration technologies.

In the course of the meeting of the Saint Petersburg state university of architecture and civil engineering administration and the General counsel of Lithuania there were discussed further cooperation options in the form of the student works, internships at the restoration objects, conduction of architectural and geological measuring, course and graduation theses and etc.

The exhibition “Mansion houses of Lithuania” is composed of 140 pictures depicting 20 mansion houses.  At the pictures one can see not only mansion houses that have been already restores but also those which are to be renovated. Each mansion house is presented at seven pictures including one HD size, presenting the main building (owner’s house) and 6 square pictures presenting architectural details of the mansion houses and separate elements of décor. Students, professors and staff of the university are invited to visit the exhibition at the right-hand balustrade of the main building of SPSUACE open till February, 28.

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