Let us introduce ourselves…

Welcome to Adomynė Manor, one of the best-preserved wooden manors in Lithuania.

There is no precise information regarding exactly when the manor house was built. The building retains many original structural and decorative elements from the 18th and 19th centuries. It features a fascinating combination of wooden and masonry partition walls, arranged according to specific functions. The masonry walls serve not only as supports for the ceilings and other key structural elements but also play a crucial role in the heating system, housing the flues for the stoves and fireplaces. The layout of the main building is interesting: a wall divides it into two sections—one for utility and production purposes, and the other for living quarters. Surviving features include characteristic 19th-century double-leaf paneled doors, beautifully ornamented parquet flooring, several Dutch-style tiled stoves (featuring large white and green tiles), a fireplace, a bread oven, cooking stoves, a hearth designed to hold a massive cauldron, a storeroom with wooden shelving, cellars, and more. The hearth may have been used for brewing beer or mead, given the manor’s large apiary and the discovery of fragments from large wine bottles. The manor engaged in the commercial production of alcoholic beverages; it housed at least two breweries and a tavern, and vodka produced there was even transported as far as Riga (a fact recalled by the former owner, Barbora Vilėniškytė). Most rooms in the central part of the palace featured decorative wall paintings. The wall décor was composed of friezes, window and door surrounds, overdoor panels, and wainscoting. The ceilings featured complex painted compositions with rosettes at their centers. These were executed on plaster using distemper paint. Decorative wall painting was a primary element of the palace’s artistic interior design. It stands as a state-protected monument of Romantic Classicism culture and is now also marked with the Blue Shield emblem.

Open the door on the left, and let us explore the „šeimynos palociai”—the estate’s service and production quarters.