The aim of my history is to spread knowledge about the natural and architectural heritage objects that have survived in Lentvaris and about their artistic and historical values. This is a story about one family of Lithuanian nobles - the Tiškevičiai family, who lived and ruled the Lentvaris manor more than a century ago. The magnificent English neo-Gothic palace of Tiškevičius and the surviving historical park, designed by the famous French landscape architect Eduard François André, became the business card of Lentvaris. Within a radius of several kilometers, the city center is decorated with a building of neo-Romanesque architecture - Lentvaris of the Revelation of the Lord. Church of the Virgin Mary, designed by Count Vladislovas Tiškevičius for the Italian architect Orsino Bongi. Due to the exclusive interior decor of Lentvaris, the Revelation of the Lord the Church of the Virgin Mary is considered by art historians to be one of the most beautiful in the 20th century. Lithuanian Catholic shrines. Count Vladislovas Tiškevičius, the initiator and founder of the construction of the church, is buried in the church, in the chapel of the Tiškevičiai grave. More than a century later, thousands of believers in the city and its environs are celebrating this shrine. More architectural buildings have survived in Lentvaris, such as industrial buildings and a railway station, the construction of which was financed by Count Juozapas Tiškevičius. The history of the listed objects lies at an important stage in the life of the Tiškevičiai family in Lentvaris. Despite the effects of the two world wars, in some miraculous way all the objects have survived to the present day, influenced by the flow of time, but are still living witnesses of a bygone era. In recent years, interest in Lentvaris natural and architectural heritage has begun. Many unique historical facts about the cultural and social life of the Lentvaris Tiškevičiai family were revealed by the project events of the European Heritage Days, which we implement together with the team of the Lentvaris Palace of Culture. With the help of Lithuanian art historians, architectural historians, E.F.André creative researchers, Tiškevičiai family history researchers, we organized educational tours, educational lectures, a photography exhibition and an orientation ENCOUNTER competition, which has become a traditional European Heritage Day event. However, in this difficult period for all of us, when the pandemic has hit the world, the cultural sector has adjusted, with a strong focus on new virtual products. The goal of our team is to create an informative environment that encourages the active participation of our society in learning about the city’s history, starting with teaching and education institutions, to form a community that knows its past, is interested in the present and is ready for its future. The project will create a website that will contain information related to the city of Lentvaris and its history. Visitors to the site will have the opportunity to take part in the virtual ENCOUNTER orienteering game, during which players will follow a coded cognitive path and search for answers to many historical documentaries about the architectural and natural objects representing Lentvaris and the initiators and creators of those objects. The game, as an alternative form of tourism, is another way to get to know the city’s spaces, engaging in the city’s history, enriching people’s knowledge of the surviving heritage, encouraging understanding and appreciation of the uniqueness of the objects and the need to preserve them for future generations. The project aims to make every inhabitant, visitor and site visitor of the city aware of, respect, value and preserve the heritage.

My story stems from the desire to increase knowledge about the natural and architectural heritage objects that have survived in Lentvaris and about their artistic and historical values. These are the treasures of our city, we want Europe to hear about them, to get to know us. The project aims to make every inhabitant, visitor and site visitor of the city aware of, respect, value and preserve the heritage.