Wooden church in Sasnava and the problems of its restoration

Straipsnio objektas – neišlikusi medinė Sasnavos bažnyčia ir jos atkūrimas Liaudies buities muziejuje. Tikslas – ištirti ar šiuolaikinės paminklosaugos požiūriu, išnykusio objekto rekonstrukcija metodiškai priimtina. Naudojamas istorinis metodas. Išvada – remiantis istoriniais tyrimais ir ikonografine medžiaga, atsižvelgiant į pastato architektūrinę ir simbolinę vertę, jos darnų įsijungimą į aplinkos kontekstą ir atsižvelgiant į pasaulinę praeities paminklų rekonstrukcijos praktiką, Senosios Sasnavos bažnyčios atkūrimas muziejuje yra pateisinamas ir pagrįstas.A fragment of a small town with a church is being recreated at the Lithuanian Folk Museum in Rumšiškės. Having failed to find an existing church that could be relocated, the old Sasnava Church that has not survived is being restored using historical sources and iconographic material. This building has an exceptional architectural, artistic, historical and symbolic meaning and fits in well with the ensemble of the town’s architectural pattern. In order to best reveal and expose the architecture of the church, the existing situation measurements, photos and analogues are being used. The intent is to rebuild the old altars in the interior and to use the surviving authentic liturgical objects. The reconstruction of the church complies with the international documents: the Nara (Japan, 1994) and Riga (Latvia, 2000) Charters, and reflects common international processes of heritage preservation. Therefore, the restoration of the church in the museum is justified and legitimate