Ēdole Castle is a castle in Ēdole parish

Ēdole parish

Ēdole parish is an administrative unit of the Kuldīga municipality, Latvia. The parish has a population of 1021 and covers an area of 144.49 km2.- See also :* Ēdole Castle...

, in the historical region of Courland

Courland

Courland is one of the historical and cultural regions of Latvia. The regions of Semigallia and Selonia are sometimes considered as part of Courland.- Geography and climate :...

, in western 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...

. Castle was build for bishop of Piltene

Piltene

-Population:Population : 40,000 -History:*September 1234: Bishopric of Courland established , consisting of three separate enclaves after numerous distributions of the Couronian lands among the Bishops of Courland, and of Riga, and the Teutonic Order.*1290: The cathedral chapter is incorporated...

 during 1264-67. It was rebuild in 16th. century. From 1561 until 1920 castle was property of Baltic-German baron von Behr family. In 18th. century castle was expanded. During 1835-1841 Ēdole castle saw major reconstruction and became one of the first samples of Neo-Gothic architecture in Kurzeme. Building was partly burned during revolution in 1905

Russian Revolution of 1905

The 1905 Russian Revolution was a wave of mass political and social unrest that spread through vast areas of the Russian Empire. Some of it was directed against the government, while some was undirected. It included worker strikes, peasant unrest, and military mutinies...

. It was rebuild later, preserving it's gothic forms.
Castle is surrounded by landscape park

Landscape park

Landscape park may refer to:* Landscape Park , a type of designated natural area in Poland* Landscape garden...

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