Litene Manor ( lv, Litenes muižas pils) is a manor house in
Litene parish, in the historical region of
Vidzeme
Vidzeme (; Old Latvian orthography: ''Widda-semme'', liv, Vidūmō) is one of the Historical Latvian Lands. The capital of Latvia, Riga, is situated in the southwestern part of the region. Literally meaning "the Middle Land", it is situated in n ...
, in northern
Latvia
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.
It was built during the first half of the 19th century in
Classical style for Baron Otto von Wolff on the banks of the
Pededze
The Pededze ( et, Pedetsi jõgi) is a river in Latvia and Estonia. It has a length of of which 131 km runs through Latvia and 26 km through Estonia . It flows generally south. It is a right tributary of the Aiviekste, the source of Pe ...
. Manor was burned down during
revolution of 1905
The Russian Revolution of 1905,. also known as the First Russian Revolution,. occurred on 22 January 1905, and was a wave of mass political and social unrest that spread through vast areas of the Russian Empire. The mass unrest was directed again ...
but was later restored in simplified forms.
After
Latvian agrarian reforms in 1921 manor house was nationalized and lands partitioned. Since 1924 building houses the Litene primary school.
See also
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List of palaces and manor houses in Latvia
This is a list of palaces and manor houses in Latvia built after the 16th century. Palaces and manors which are now part of the Zemgale region were then part of the Selonia region, and therefore are differentiated for clarity. This list does no ...
References
Manor houses in Latvia
Gulbene Municipality
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