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Mežmuiža Manor

Mežmuiža Manor
Zemgale, Latvia
Mežmuiža Manor is located in Latvia
Mežmuiža Manor
Mežmuiža Manor
Coordinates56°24′18″N 23°20′2″E / 56.40500°N 23.33389°E / 56.40500; 23.33389
TypeManor
Site history
BuiltAround 1850

Mežmuiža Manor, also called Augstkalne Manor, is a Neo-Gothic style manor house in Augstkalne Parish, Dobele Municipality in the Semigallia region of Latvia.[1]

History

Restored between 1992 and 1994, Mežmuiža Manor dates back to the mid 1870s. The first owners were the Lievens.

The main building is located a midst the mills, the gardeners, the maids, and the administrative building, situated a little away from the barns. The manor complex also includes a 12-hectare park with pillars where exotic species are grown, such as balm, the European silver fir, red oak, black and mountain pine. Since 1954, it has housed the Augstkalne secondary school.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Zarāns, Alberts (2006). Latvijas pilis un muižas. Castles and manors of Latvia (in Latvian and English). Riga. ISBN 9984-785-05-X. OCLC 72358861.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ Latvijas Piļu un Muižu asociācija. "Mežmuiža (Augstkalnes) muiža". Latvijas Piļu un Muižu asociācija. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2012.


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