Jelgavas pils

1950's

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The book 'Architectural monuments of the Latvian SSR "- Riga: Liesma, 1960Tsvetnoe photo L.Klyavinya.Elgavsky Palace and Jelgava Palace (. Lett Jelgavas pils) - the largest in size Baltic Baroque palace built in the XVIII century by Bartolomeo Rastrelli as a grand city residence of the Dukes Duchy of Courland and Semigallia in their capital - Mitau (now Jelgava) .Sovremenny Palace began to build in 1738 on the orders of the Duke of Courland Ernst Johann Biron, it has designed a master of baroque, the Russian court architect F.B.Rastrelli.Chtoby emphasize the change of dynasties Dukes of Courland Ernst Johan decided to build a new palace on the site of the former residence of the Dukes -dvortsa Livonian order built in the 14th century, which in 1737 was blown up to make way for the construction of a new dvortsa.Novy Jelgava Palace was built in several stages, a break in the construction came after the arrest of the Duke Johann Ernst in 1740 and its subsequent links.

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