Marmuro ir statybinio akmens užpirkimai Lietuvos Didžiojoje Kunigaikštystėje valdant Žygimantui Vazai

LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Lietuvos Didžioji Kunigaikštystė (LDK; Grand Duchy of Lithuania; GDL); Marmuras; Statybinis akmuo; Užpirkimai; Valdymas; Vilniaus Karališkoji koplyčia; Zigmantas Vaza, 1566-1632 (Zygmunt III Vaza; Sigismund); Building Stone; Marble; Purchases; Reign of Sigismund Wasa; Royal Chapel of Vilnius; Sigismund Vaza.

ENThe author discusses the problems related to the import and exploitation of various types of marble and other building stone in the construction of the 1st half of the 17th c. faced by the representatives of the ruling dynasty of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania-Sigismund and Ladislaus Wasa. The best telling example of such analysis is the survived décor of the exterior and interior of St Casimir’s Chapel in Vilnius cathedral as well as the fragments of stone trimming discovered during archeological excavations on site of the adjacent former residential palace of the grand dukes of Lithuania under reconstructions now. The author has established that the majority of the types of marble were transported from the coast of the Netherlands and Belgium as well as Italy and the sandstone – from Sweden Gottland and Öland Isles. The article presents new historical data on the purchase mediators of the building stone, the routes of stone transportation, the importance of the Baltic Sea ports and famous architects and other artists who worked for the rulers of the Wasa dynasty. The author accentuates a peculiarity of St. Casimir’s Chapel – sanctuary imbued with luxury, splendor and comfort, presenting a great significance to the entire state and the ruling dynasty, the importance of Vilnius in the global plans of the Rulers of the Commonwealth of the Two Nations, the aspirations of the Wasa dynasty rulers to embody in architectural monuments and their décor not only their artistic and aesthetic principles but also their political ambitions. [From the publication]