Cesvaine
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Cesvaine (German: Seßwegen) is a town
in Cesvaine municipality
, Vidzeme Region
, Latvia
. It is home to the Cesvaine Palace
, built in 1896 near the ruins of previous medieval castles.
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
in Cesvaine municipality
Cesvaine municipality
Cesvaine municipality is a municipality in Vidzeme, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by reorganization of Cesvaine town with its countryside territory the administrative centre being Cesvaine.- References :...
, Vidzeme Region
Vidzeme
Vidzeme is one of the historical and cultural regions of Latvia. Literally meaning "the Middle Land" it is situated in north-central Latvia north of the Daugava River...
, Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
. It is home to the Cesvaine Palace
Cesvaine Palace
Cesvaine Palace is located in the town of Cesvaine, Latvia in the Madona District. Next to the palace are the old medieval castle ruins, remains from the old bishops castle.- History :...
, built in 1896 near the ruins of previous medieval castles.