Radziwill Palace, Vilnius.

In Vilnius's Old Town, there is a Late Renaissance palace called Radziwi Palace. By importance, it had been Radziwi's second-largest and most significant palace in Vilnius. Although it is possible that Mikoaj "the Black" Radziwi's wooden Vilnius home stood on the same location, the current structure was built at Janusz Radziwi's request between 1635 and 1653 and was designed by Jan Ullrich. Following the Muscovite invasion in 1655–1660, the structure fell into disrepair and was mostly ignored for generations. Only the northern wing of the palace escaped World War I's additional destruction. The Lithuanian Art Museum now has a division there after it was eventually repaired in the 1980s. Even today, a portion of the palace need rehabilitation. It is one of the few remaining Renaissance buildings in the nation and most likely the only one in Vilnius.

The Palace is a wonderful example of how Lithuanian Renaissance architecture and the Netherlands Renaissance can coexist. The Château de Fontainebleau and the Luxembourg Palace in Paris both have remarkable original layouts and symmetry in their main structural components.

The only surviving Renaissance palace in Vilnius, it incorporates Manneristic ornamentation typical of Lithuanian Renaissance architecture as well as elements from the Netherlands Renaissance. Its initial design, which mirrored the symmetry of the palaces of the Late French Renaissance like Château de Fontainebleau and the Luxembourg Palace in Paris, was exceptional.

Location: Lithuania

Time: 1635-1653