Valdeķi Manor

Valdeķi Manor
Zemgale, Latvia
Type Manor

Valdeķi Manor (Latvian: Valdeķu muižas pils) is a manor house in the historical region of Zemgale, in Latvia.

History

Built in 1882,[1] it belonged to Latvian publisher and journalist Antons Benjamiņš from 1932 until his death in 1939. After that it belonged to his widow Emīlija Benjamiņa until her deportation to a Soviet labor camp in 1941. The Benjamiņš family recovered ownership in 1995, and the building has housed a museum dedicated to photographer and film manufacturer Juris Benjamiņš, the adopted son of Antons and Emīlija, since 1998.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Zarāns, Alberts (2006). Latvijas pilis un muižas. Castles and manors of Latvia (in Latvian and English). Riga. ISBN 9984-785-05-X. OCLC 72358861.

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