Laurynas Gucevičius was an 18th century architect born in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and most of his designs were built there. Scholars consider him the first professional Lithuanian architect. In his youth he travelled to Italy and Paris and other countries in Western Europe, where he studied architecture from the notable contemporary neo-classical French architects, Jacques-Germain Soufflot and Claude Nicolas Ledoux.

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  • Laurynas Gucevičius was an 18th century architect born in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and most of his designs were built there. Scholars consider him the first professional Lithuanian architect. In his youth he travelled to Italy and Paris and other countries in Western Europe, where he studied architecture from the notable contemporary neo-classical French architects, Jacques-Germain Soufflot and Claude Nicolas Ledoux. Later he served as a professor at the Jesuit Academy of Vilnius, the predecessor of the University of Vilnius. Among the best known of his works are the refurbished Vilnius Cathedral, the town hall and the summer palace of bishops in Verkiai. The monumentality of forms and volume, the harmony with surroundings and a special treatment of antique architectural forms are the characteristics of his style.
  • Laurynas Gucevičius war ein Architekt zur Zeit der Polnisch-Litauischen Realunion, der den Litauern als erster litauischer Architekt gilt und der der bekannteste Vertreter des litauischen Klassizismus ist.
  • Wawrzyniec Gucewicz herbu Syrokomla, polski architekt, reprezentant klasycyzmu, działał głównie na Litwie.
  • Лаури́нас Стуо́ка-Гуця́вичюс — литовский архитектор, представитель классицизма.
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  • Laurynas Gucevičius was an 18th century architect born in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and most of his designs were built there. Scholars consider him the first professional Lithuanian architect. In his youth he travelled to Italy and Paris and other countries in Western Europe, where he studied architecture from the notable contemporary neo-classical French architects, Jacques-Germain Soufflot and Claude Nicolas Ledoux.
  • Laurynas Gucevičius war ein Architekt zur Zeit der Polnisch-Litauischen Realunion, der den Litauern als erster litauischer Architekt gilt und der der bekannteste Vertreter des litauischen Klassizismus ist.
  • Wawrzyniec Gucewicz herbu Syrokomla, polski architekt, reprezentant klasycyzmu, działał głównie na Litwie.
  • Лаури́нас Стуо́ка-Гуця́вичюс — литовский архитектор, представитель классицизма.
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  • Laurynas Gucevičius
  • Laurynas Gucevičius
  • Wawrzyniec Gucewicz
  • Стуока-Гуцявичюс, Лауринас
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