Vandzene Manor Explained

Vandzene Manor
Map Type:	Latvia
Map Dot Label:	Vandzene Manor
Relief:	yes
Location:	Vandzene Parish, Talsi Municipality, Courland
Location Country:	Latvia
Coordinates:	57.3278°N 22.8036°W

Vandzene Manor (Latvian: Vandzenes muižas pils, German: Herrenhaus Wandsen) is a manor house in Vandzene Parish, Talsi Municipality in the historical region of Courland, in western Latvia.^[1]

History

Vandzene manor is first mentioned in the 17th century. The manor ensemble was created for the family of Baron in the middle of the 19th century. The manor park (17 ha) is one of the most typical Latvian landscape parks. In front of the manor palace is a front garden designed in 1937 by Andrejs Zeidaks, garden architect from Riga.Since 1937, Vandzene Secondary School, originally founded in 1866, has been located in the manor palace.^{[2] [3]}

See also

• List of palaces and manor houses in Latvia

External links

• Vandzene Manor

Notes and References

1. http://www.vietas.lv/eng/objekts/vandzenes_muiza/ Vandzene Manor
2. http://wikimapia.org/9528215/Vandzene-manor Vandzene manor (Vandzene)
3. Book: Zarāns , Alberts . Alberts Zarāns

   . Alberts Zarāns. Latvijas pilis un muižas. Castles and manors of Latvia.. Latvian, English. Riga. 2006. 9984-785-05-X. 72358861.