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Mežotne Palace 
General information Architectural style Classicism Town or city Bauska municipality Country Latvia Coordinates 56°26′18″N 24°03′11″E / 56.4383°N 24.0530°E Construction started 1798 Completed 1802 Design and construction Client Charlotte von Lieven Architect Giacomo Quarenghi, Johann Georg Adam Berlitz Mežotne Palace is a palace in the historical region of Zemgale, in Latvia, Bauska region (former Mežotne municipality in Bauska district).
Built in Classicism style during 1798-1802 for a teacher and governess of grandchildren of Russian Empress Catherine II - Charlotte von Lieven (1742–1828). Architects of the palace were famous Italian Giacomo Quarenghi and architect of the Kazdanga palace G.A. Berlitz. Both Kazdanga and Mežotne palaces has many similarities in forms. Simultaneously with palace there has been shaped also an English style landscape park and complex of subsidiary buildings, creating one of the most impressive Classicism style ensembles in Latvia. Palace suffered heavily in the First and later in the second world war.
Family of Lievens owned the palace up to agrarian reform in 1920.[1] Palace and park underwent reconstruction in 2001 and since then here is located hotel.
See also
- List of palaces and manor houses in Latvia
References
- ^ 4.100 sakoptākie kultūras pieminekļi Latvijā, Rīga, Valsts kultūras pieminekļu aizsardzības inspekcija, 2005.
- Zarāns, Alberts (2006) (in Latvian, English). Latvijas pilis un muižas. Castles and manors of Latvia.. Riga. ISBN 9984-785-05-X. OCLC 72358861.
External links
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- Neoclassical palaces
- Buildings and structures completed in 1802
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