Dursupe Manor

Manor house in Latvia
57°11′37″N 22°52′16″E / 57.19361°N 22.87111°E / 57.19361; 22.87111Completed1820

Dursupe Manor (Latvian: Dursupes muižas pils, German: Dursuppen, Groß-Dursuppen) is a manor house located in the Dursupe [lv], Balgale Parish, Talsi Municipality, in the historical region of Courland, western Latvia.[1]

History

The manor house was built in 1820 and was reconstructed in the second half of the 19th century in Neoclassical style.The manor complex also includes several granaries, a servant's house, a lime tree, a fork and a 6.7-hectare park with split beech.

At the beginning of the 19th century, it was owned by Prince Karl Christoph Lieven (1767-1844), the Russian Minister of Education (1828-1833), the founder of the Teacher Training Seminary. K. K. Liven is buried at Balgale Church.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Dursupe manor (Dursupe) Wikimapia
  2. ^ (in Latvian) Dursupes muižas pils
  3. ^ Alberts Zarāns (2006). Latvijas pilis un muižas. A. Zarāns. p. 28. ISBN 9984-785-05-X. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
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