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Castle Attractions In Vidzeme Region

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Vidzeme is one of the historical and cultural regions of Latvia. Literally meaning the Middle Land, it is situated in north-central Latvia north of the Daugava River. Sometimes in German, it is also known as Livland, the German form from Latin Livonia, though it comprises only a small part of Medieval Livonia and about half of Swedish Livonia. Vidzemes guberņa – Livland Governorate is also bigger than Vidzeme, since it corresponds roughly to Swedish Livonia.
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Castle Attractions In Vidzeme Region

  • 1. Turaida Castle Sigulda
    Turaida Castle is a recently reconstructed medieval castle in Turaida, in the Vidzeme region of Latvia, on the opposite bank of the Gauja River from Sigulda.
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  • 6. Cesvaines Castle Cesvaine
    Cesvaine is a town in Cesvaine municipality, Vidzeme Region, Latvia. It is home to the Cesvaine Palace, built in 1896 near the ruins of previous medieval castles.
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  • 8. Odzienas Manor Odziena
    Odziena Manor is a manor house built in Neo-Gothic style around 1860 in the historical region of Vidzeme, northern Latvia. First manor building in this place was built in the end of the 18th century. In the 19th century, the manor became property of the von Brimmer family and in the 1860s a new neo-Gothic building was built. It was one of the most impressive neo-Gothic buildings in Latvia. It was heavily damaged by fire in Revolution of 1905 and only partially restored after it. The building has been abandoned since 1960. In 2014 with the assistance of European Union structural funds, a brewery, Odzienas muižas alus, was started in the mill-bakery of the manor. Besides the brewery, a small hotel has been opened in the manor.
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  • 10. Bauska Castle Bauska
    Bauska is a town in Bauska Municipality, in the Zemgale region of southern Latvia. Bauska is located 66 km from the Latvian capital Riga and 20 km from the Lithuanian border on the busy European route E67. The town is situated at the confluence of the shallow rivers Mūsa and Mēmele where they form the Lielupe River. Average temperatures in January are -5C, and 17.5C in July. Rainfall averages 500–650 mm annually. In previous centuries city was known in German as Bauske, in Yiddish as Boisk and in Lithuanian as Bauskė.
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