Mitau Palace in Riga: photos, reviews

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The Mitava Palace can confidently be called the most grandiose Baroque architectural structure in the entire Baltic region. Its creation was significantly influenced by the "golden" hands of the architect Rastrelli himself, highlighting the importance of changes in Latvia.

The southeast of the Mitava marvel is occupied by the sarcophagi of the Courland dukes, which are considered a cultural treasure. Next to them, in the exhibition halls, there is a large display of costumes from past eras, as well as a precise list of individuals buried in the palace. Today, the Mitava Palace has become a haven for the Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies, blending its extraordinary luxury with the demanding strictness of science.

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Wheelchair accessible, Suitable for children

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Muzejs

Bus stop 637 m walk

Jelgavas pils

Bus stop 179 m walk

Kalnciema ceļš

Bus stop 534 m walk

Uzvaras iela

Bus stop 627 m walk

Garozas iela

Bus stop 639 m walk

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based on 2,349 reviews

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4.6/5 2,349 reviews

Silva Macijauskienė

Rūmai įspūdingi, gaila, kad negalima įeiti vidun. Gražus parkas su senais medžiais

Nicky E

Beautiful on the outside but disappointed that we could not enter. In several books this palace was referred to in connection to Rundale. I was hoping to see a similar interior. But no.. nothing at all.

Eric Pettersson

✅️ Jelgava Castle (Latvian: Jelgavas pils), known before as the Mitava Castle or Mitau Castle, is a Baroque castle in the city of Jelgava (formerly Mitau, hence the names of the castle), in Latvia. The castle was built by Bartolomeo Rastrelli and Severin Jensen in 1763–1772 as a residence for the Dukes of Courland. Rastrelli was the court architect of Russia and designed, among other things, both the Summer (Peterhof) and Winter Palaces in St. Petersburg and the Rundale Palace in southern Latvia.

Mitau Palace in Riga

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