Paežeriai Manor (Vilkaviškis)

The architect of the Paežeriai Manor House, which was built in 1795-1799, was Marcin Knackfus, a pioneer of classicist architecture in Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

The Romanesque style manor administration building and Gothic Revival Belvederis Tower (17 m high) were built in the first half of the 19th century.

After the end of Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War, the decline of Teutonic influence and the rise of serfdom in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania led to a more intensive economic life in the region.

Zabiela invited Marcin Knackfus, a professor at Vilnius University and a pioneer of classicist architecture in Lithuania, to design a new manor.

After the death of Szymon Zabiełło in 1824, Paežeriai passed to the Gawroński family, who finished the interior works of the manor.

[6] After the death of the last member of the family Vladimiras Gavronskis (Włodzimierz Gawroński) in 1914, Paežeriai Manor was the full-time home of his widow Ona Gavronskienė née Komaraitė (Anna Gawrońska), who opened a primary school for the children of the estate staff in the manor's administration building.

[7] In 1939, the manor was acquired by the signatory Jonas Vailokaitis, who fled to Germany at the outbreak of the World War II in May 1940.

Later, the manor housed an agricultural school, which was closed in the spring of 1942 to accommodate Adrian von Renteln, the Commissar General of the German occupation authorities.

Coat of Arms of Zabiela family
Manor administration building and Belvederis tower.