Salantų miestelio neogotika

LTStraipsnyje nagrinėjama neogotikinė Salantų bažnyčia, pastatyta 1906 - 1911 m. pagal Karolio Eduardo Strandmano projektą. Ji reprezentuoja katalikų sakralinės architektūros atgimimą XIX ir XX a. sandūros Lietuvoje, caro valdžiai atšaukus bažnyčių statybų apribojimus, įvestus po 1863 m. sukilimo. K. E. Strandmano kūriniai skyrėsi nuo kitų atvykusių bei vietinių architektų darbų įspūdingu tūriu, originaliais konstrukciniais sprendimais, sudėtingesne plano sandara ir puošnesniu dekoru. [Iš leidinio]Reikšminiai žodžiai: Architektūra; Karlas Eduardas Strandmanas; Larolis Eduardas Strandmanas; Neogotika; Sakralinis menas; Sakralinė architektūra Lietuvoje; Salantai; Salantų bažyčia; Architecture; Karl Eduard Strandmann; Neo-Gothic; Neo-Gothic style; Sacral architecture in Lithuania; Sacral art; Salantai; Salantai Church.

ENFrom the mid 17th century, the Vaina and the Oginskis families of the neighbouring estates took care of the construction and repair of Salantai Church. Prior to 1906, Salantai Church was a wooden structure with some features of Baroque. From 1906 to 1911 , following the repeal of the Russian authorities' ban on construction of new Catholic Churches, a new Neo-Gothic church was built in Salantai with money from the parishioners. It was designed by the Liepaja-based Swedish architect Karl Eduard Strandmann. Strandmann created designs for other 17 sacred structures in Lithuania and five in Latvia. The decoration work of the interior of the church went on during the First World War. The church was consecrated in 1918 retaining its original title of the Assumption. The ground plan of the church is of a Latin cross, it features a wide central nave, extended by a chancel, flanked by sacristies with upper-storey galleries. It is a three-nave basilica, topped by two 70-meter high monumental towers. One unique construction element, employed by Strandmann solely in Salantai Church, are flying buttresses, which support the weight of the central nave and are hidden under the roofs of the side naves providing the roofs with toothed (or saw) outline and triangular attic shields with round windows. The facades of the church abound in sumptuous Neo-Gothic details characteristic of Strandmann's manner. The interior of the church, with its pilasters, vaults and expressive altars made from dark wood is in the style congruent with the exterior. The sacred buildings designed in Neo-Gothic style by Lithuanian architects are of a more understated character. [From the publication]