Didžiokai Mausoleum Chapel (late 19th century building)

Didžiokai Mausoleum Chapel (late 19th century building)

At the end of the 19th century, Count Kostas Jelenskis built a huge manor, the Mausoleum chapel, in the Didžiokiai village, and built an impressive park in which the trees, with the help of the gardener, acquired various shapes.

In 1936, the manor was sold to Mykolas Devenis. At the time, the Jelenskiai family was buried in the Mausoleum. In the 1940s, the Deveniai were deported to the Vorkuta camp, and the estate was ravaged by collective farm builders and finally blown up. The chapel turned into a waste warehouse. Here, the remains were desecrated and the coffins thrown away.

Didžiokų k., Giedraičių sen., Molėtų r. (55.121954, 25.355013) (View map)