House 7 000 m² Sigulda, Latvia

The historic center of Krimulda is on the right bank of the Gauja River. The home of the landowners, the Counts of Lieven, was built in 1848 in the neoclassical style. The building is located on the edge of the old Gauja valley and overlooks the gorge and the opposite bank. Not far from the manor house, there you can endure the ruins of the Crimeanulda castle of the 13th. Century, which belonged to the dome certificate of Riga until 1566. In later centuries, the castle owners were both Poles and Swedes, who destroyed the castle in 1601 to prevent the Poles from settling there. Krimulda remained in Swedish ownership until 1817 Count von Lieven bought the estate from the then owner Captain Helmersen for 60 875 rubles in silver. The Lievens lived in the manor house until 1921. In 1853 Paul Lieven was the first among the nobles of "Vidzeme Schweiz", who built a park on the right bank of the Gauja; in the park there were several facades and two wooden stairs & ndash; one with 380 steps from the Vilkmeste gorge and the other, with 325 steps, which are led from the park to the ferry via Gauja. Zar Alexander II, heard about Lieven's beautiful park, visited Krimulda with his husband during his visit to Vidzeme in 1962. Today it is a sanatorium and it looks better from a distance because a lot of paint splits off the facade. The building was commissioned by Baron von Lieven, a general of the Swedish army, who, it turns out, was a distant descendant of the Liv leader who ruled the area when it was attacked by German crusaders. Premise range - 7000 sq.m. Main building area - 2 735 sqm 3 floors, basement, open terrace with a beautiful view of the valley. Land attack - 53 hectares.