Svēte Manor

Svēte Manor
Svēte Manor
Zemgale, Latvia
	Svēte Manor
Coordinates	56°35′30″N 23°39′46″E / 56.59167°N 23.66278°E
Type	Manor
Site history
Built	Circa 1730

Svēte Manor (Latvian: Svētes muižas pils) is a manor house in Svēte parish in the historical region of Zemgale, in Latvia.

History

The manor was originally built around 1730,^[1] and extensively remodeled with new columns between 1774 and 1775 by architect Severin Jensen for use as a summer vacation residence by Duke Peter von Biron.^[2] The building was part of an army base between 1870 and 1993.^[2] It was further remodeled between 1876 and 1878 for military use.^[2] ^[3]

References

^ Zarāns, Alberts (2006). Latvijas pilis un muižas. Castles and manors of Latvia (in latviešu and English). Riga. ISBN 9984-785-05-X. OCLC 72358861.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Latvijas Piļu un Muižu asociācija. "Svete Manor". Latvijas Piļu un Muižu asociācija. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
^ (in Latvian)Svētes muiža

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[1] Zarāns, Alberts (2006). Latvijas pilis un muižas. Castles and manors of Latvia (in latviešu and English). Riga. ISBN 9984-785-05-X. OCLC 72358861.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[LPMA-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Latvijas Piļu un Muižu asociācija. "Svete Manor". Latvijas Piļu un Muižu asociācija. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2012.

[3] (in Latvian)Svētes muiža

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