Zypliai Manor

In the first half of the 19th century, Zypliai belonged to Duke Józef Poniatowski, the nephew of Stanisław II August the last King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, who took an active role in the French invasion of Russia and Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte made him a Marshal of the French Empire for his services.

After Poniatowski's death, the assets in the lands of Suvalkija passed to his sister, Maria Teresa Poniatowska.

Maria Teresa, who was living in Paris, sold the Zypliai estate to Jonas Bartkovskis, a landowner from Vitebsk Governorate.

During his time, a brick-built, single-storey manor house, two oficinas, a kitchen with a bathhouse and wooden outbuildings and industrial buildings were built in a modest classical style.

A parish school was established in 1864-1866, where the future patriarch of Lithuania, Dr. Jonas Basanavičius and sculptor Vincas Grybas studied.