Relaxing - not really the right mood at such an extravagant residence. Think the Versailles of the Baltics. The palace was built in the 1700s for Ernst Johann Biron, son of a minor landlord of the Russian Court.
It's runaway Rococo and Baroque, a block long building in the middle of the Latvian countryside. Gardens as icing.
The grand interior. That porcelain tower in the corner? A heater. A table set for infinity.
The Duke's bedroom, sleep as theater.
Palace style details.
Sociable chairs.
More details, flora texture and patterns o' plenty.
Russian power through painting and sculpture.
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