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Stāmeriena Palace
Stāmeriena Palace (; ) is a palace built in Historicist style from 1835 to 1843 in the Stāmeriena Parish of Gulbene Municipality, in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. Its first owner was Johann Gottlieb von Wolff (1756-1817) and subsequently his descendants. In 1905, during the Russian Revolution, the manor was burned down, but was later renewed by Baron Boris von Wolff (1850-1917) in 1908. Although it was rebuilt in a different style, it is considered one of the brightest architectural achievements of his time in French Neo-Renaissance style in Latvia. Stāmeriena palace was one of the few manors which were not nationalized after Latvian agrarian reforms in the 1920s. So the von Wolff family continued to live there through the 1930s until 1939. The palace was presented as a gift to Andrei Pilar von Pilchau, the first - and homosexual - husband of the palace's owner Alexandra von Wolff-Stomersee (1894-1982). Her second husband, the Sicilian writer Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulbene Municipality
Gulbene Municipality () is a municipality in Vidzeme, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Beļava parish, Dauksti parish, Druviena parish, Galgauska parish, Jaungulbene parish, Lejasciems parish, Litene parish, Lizums parish, Līgo parish, Ranka parish, Stāmeriena parish, Stradi parish, Tirza parish and Gulbene town the administrative centre being Gulbene. The population in 2020 was 19,771. Images Gulbene raudteejaam 11.JPG, Gulbene Stameriena manor 2013 02.jpg, Stāmeriena Litene Manor, 2013, 3.jpg, Litene Jaungulbene Manor, 2013, 1.jpg, Jaungulbene See also * Administrative divisions of Latvia (2009) The current administrative division of Latvia came into force on 1 July 2021. On 10 June 2020, the Saeima approved a municipal reform that would reduce the 110 municipalities and nine republic cities to 43 local government units consisting of 36 ... References Municipalities of Latvia {{vidzeme-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |