Lenkiškės

Lenkiškės is a village in Jašiūnų sen., Šalčininkai District Municipality, Vilnius County. Lenkiškės is situated nearby to the village Gojus, as well as near the town Jašiūnai.

Type: Village
Description: village in Lithuania
Also known as: “Lenkiskes”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Jašiūnai Manor and Old Believers Church in Gojus.

Jašiūnai Manor

Photo: Juliux, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Jašiūnai Manor is the neoclassical manor in Jašiūnai, Šalčininkai district of Lithuania, near River Merkys. The manor palace, designed by a famous architect Karol Podczaszyński, was commissioned by the historian Michał Baliński and his wife Zofia on the initiative of rector of the Imperial University of Vilna, Jan Śniadecki, who was Zofia's father.

Old Believers Church in Gojus

Church

Photo: Vilensija, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Church of St. Anne, Jašiūnai

Church

Photo: Juste, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gojus and Jašiūnai.

Gojus

Village

Photo: Vilensija, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Gojus is a village.

Jašiūnai

Town

Photo: Juliux, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Jašiūnai is a town in Lithuania. It is situated on the Merkys River and an edge of the Rūdninkai Forest. According to the 2001 census, it had population of 1,879. The town's population is primarily Poles, with Lithuanians and Russians.