Botanical garden J. E. Delibera Photo: Botanical garden J. E. Delibera

Karolina Park Ceramists at the foot of the castle and crusade, is the old Park, which today do not even know many of the residents of Vilnius. According to the historian V. Sandman, district Ceramists was named after the surname of the owner, who had here a manor – Seraiki. The estate was situated on the island, surrounded on two sides by the river Vilnele – the old and the new channel, and on the third side – channel dug for the Royal mill. Subsequently, the site of this canal was built the Central alley of the Park Cerejeiras.

Botanical garden J. E. Delibera (eng. Botanical Gardens J. E. Zhelibera) at the medical University of Vilnius was occupied in the 18th century, the area of only 300 square meters. Educational Commission decided that the garden does not meet modern requirements and should be expanded.

In 1787 was acquired for these purposes, the plot in Ceramists. Once these lands belonged to the family of Prince Alexander. Historians say that these places were the early economic part of the castle. It housed the Royal gardens and the Royal stables, 1515 there were Royal mill and the first paper mill in the city.

In the 18th century this place was a lot of housing estates, but by the 18th century the area fell into disrepair and became a kind of dumping ground, where they brought the trash from around the city. In a dilapidated wooden houses lived homeless. Three once beautiful ponds filled with frogs, the river banks are covered with dense thickets, where the urban poor, for bathing and debauchery. In the area stood a stone house, which too was abandoned. He was overwhelmed by debris, were stolen or burned down all the Windows and doors, furnace and even floors.

In 1798 from the vein returned a Professor of botany B. S. Jundzill. He settled in a stone house, which was hastily repaired and took over the leadership of the University Botanical garden.

Work began with the clearing of land, removal of debris, demolition of the remnants of buildings, uprooting dead trees. To perform these works it took almost a year. By the autumn of 1799, the land was cleared, laid out the future of the garden and marked the future of the alley. In spring the area was enclosed by a high fence, and the Professor was transplanted here all vegetable exhibits former University garden. They were only about 200 species.

In 1801, the garden was expanded with new land, which was donated to the University by the resident of Vilnius, T. Vavreck.

In April 1806 the construction of a greenhouse and two high treibhaus, we have greenhouses to grow tropical plants. The greenhouses had to be set on piles, because the area was marshy. The main part of the material found here was demolished dilapidated Royal castle, and were collected 40 thousand bricks.

They worked quickly, and by next summer have been completed, the greenhouse and the house for the gardener and maintenance staff. During this time, different ways enriched population of plants of the garden. So in 1808 the greenhouse took for winter storage of a collection of rare plants of the Countess Potocka, provided that all of the resulting duplicates will remain the Botanical garden.

Already in 1802 in the garden consisted of about 1072 species of plants, and in 1824 in the garden was already 6565 species. In 1832 the University was closed and the garden was transferred to the Medical-surgical Academy, which was closed in 1841. Part of the plants have been transferred to other universities, the other was either sold or destroyed and the garden was abandoned.

In 1871, the garden was built a summer theatre, which enjoyed great success among citizens. In 1892, in the garden, already partially-electric hosted a zoo. But the zoo was operated here for a short time. In the early 20th century the Park was transformed into a sports and renamed to the sports Park. Zeligowski.

Today in the Park were old tennis courts, the historic building that houses the Lithuanian folk Culture Centre, and the former Noble club, which is the diplomatic mission of the European Union.

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