Pilaitė Manor

Pilaitė Manor sits on the left bank of the Sudervėlė stream in Vilnius's Pilaitė district. The history of the estate goes back to the 16th century, when it passed to the Viršila family. In 1827, Vilnius University acquired the manor in order to establish an agricultural college and one of the country's first schools of agronomy there. After the university was closed, the manor remained under various administrations until, after World War II, it served as a teaching farm for an agricultural vocational school. Today, the office buildings and other historic structures still bear witness to its past. A particularly notable natural monument is the protected manor oak, which stands near the Pilaitė burial mound.