Valdeķi Manor
| Valdeķi Manor | |
|---|---|
| Zemgale, Latvia | |
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  Valdeķi Manor | |
| Coordinates | 56°59′57″N 22°46′26″E / 56.9992°N 22.7739°ECoordinates: 56°59′57″N 22°46′26″E / 56.9992°N 22.7739°E |
| Type | Manor |
Valdeķi Manor (Latvian: Valdeķu muižas pils, German: Waldeck) is a manor house in Kandava Parish, Kandava Municipality in the historical region of Zemgale, in Latvia. [1]
History[]
Valdeķi manor house was built in 1882 by baron Nikolas von Koskull of Aizdzire as a shelter for the old mansions. Since 1932 it has belonged to the Latvian publisher, journalist and writer Antons Benjamiņš (1860-1939), who in the late 1930s established a model farm in Latvia - the pearl of rural Latvia. After his death in 1939, his widow Emīlija Benjamiņa was owner of property until her deportation to a Soviet labor camp in 1941. The Benjamiņš family recovered ownership in 1995, and since 1998 building now also house to museum dedicated to photographer and film producer , the adopted son of Antons and Emīlija.
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