During their stay in Birštonas, Vytautas and Jogaila intended to build a Catholic church there. However, there is no evidence that they succeeded in realising this idea. It is believed that the first Catholic church in Birštonas was built by King Vladislav IV in 1644, with beautiful decorations and gifts of land and other treasures. Later, Birštonas was left without a place of worship for some time, probably burnt down by the Russian army, which burned manors and churches and destroyed everything on its path.
Kazimieras Sapiega, the elder of Prienai at that time, rebuilt a wooden church near the royal castle for hunting, the traces of which can still be seen today. Archaeological findings also confirmed their existence. A picture of the last wooden church in Birštonas can be found in a collection of drawings by Sirokomlė-Kondratavičius in 1861. In 1909, a stone church was built in Birštonas, which survived world wars and now delights both locals and visitors.
The church, named after St Anthony of Padua, has a neo-Gothic style with a high tower. The interior has three naves, a vaulted ceiling and a mosaic floor of stone slabs. The high altar of the church houses the image of the Virgin Mary of the Gate of Dawn, while the left altar is adorned with a statue of St Joseph and the Child, probably from the 18th-century wooden church in Birštonas.
There are no other significant monuments of old buildings in Birštonas, as the town was burned down several times.
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