Lithuanian Officers’ Villa

In 1934, the Lithuanian Officers’ Club (since 1924 – the Club of Officers and Military Officials of the Lithuanian Armed Forces) bought a two-storey wooden villa at the intersection of Birutė Avenue and J. Simpson Street and named it Ramovė. The building was renovated in 1935.

On 31 December 1940, the villa and its property were handed over to the Soviet Army. Between 1945 and 1993, the villa belonged to various organisations: the Neringa Holiday Home, the Council of Ministers’ Office and the Jūratė Sanatorium. On 2 February 1993, the building and land were transferred to the Ministry of Defence. On 15 June 1995, by order of the Minister of National Defence, the Palanga Officers’ Mess was established. In 2001, the Palanga Officers’ Mess was transferred to the Lithuanian Armed Forces and became a unit of the Lithuanian Armed Forces. In 2013, the building was granted the status of immovable cultural property of regional importance.

Today, the villa hosts events and conferences of the National Defence System and the Lithuanian Armed Forces, and accommodates soldiers during military exercises. As in the pre-war period, the Villa of the Lithuanian Officers’ Quarters is a popular holiday destination for soldiers of the National Defence System, civil servants and contract workers, as well as their families. Most of the soldiers returning from missions come to the villa to improve their health and work capacity.

Birutės al. 46, Palanga