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| First castles on present Latvia territory were wooden structures built by Baltic tribes in the 1st century BC. |
| The German Crusaders’ military invasion had brought along methods of masonry building in the 13th century. |
| Manors in Livonia I developed as feudal demesne form starting from the early 13th century. |
| Manors in Livonia II By the time land division became more split in smaller estates and the new manor complexes developed in result. |
| Starting from the 2nd half of the 18th century started building of manor-houses what by their size can be called palaces – these richly decorated multi-storey masonry residences of landlords. |
| Manor-houses and palaces built in Historicism, Art Nouveau and Neo-Classicism styles in period 1st half of the 19th century – beginning of the 20th century have important place in culture ambience genesis of Latvia. |
| At the beginning of the 20th century most of land in Latvia still was owned by about 1000 families (for example in Vidzeme region 162 families 77 % of all land). |
| At the time of agrarian reform in 1920 it were counted 1479 manors, 294 semi-manors and 171 vicarages in Latvia. |
| Advantageous geographic location makes Latvian castles, manors and palaces easy reachable for any tourist. |
| The English version of this website was developed during implementation of the project "Living castles and manors: development of cultural tourism in Lithuania and Latvia", supported by EU PHARE 2002 program “Cross Border Cooperation - Special Action in favour of the Baltic Sea Region” Small Project Fund Scheme. Translation: Baltic Media Ltd, 2005 |
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