The manor is in the centre of Ineši, 5 km to the south of Vecpiebalga. The manor dates back to the latter half of the 17th century, when an ornate castle for the noble Sheremetyev family was built here in the style of Classicism and on the banks of the little Orisāre River. The castle was built down during the 1905 Revolution, but restored four years later. Around the castle is a lovely landscape park.
The castle served as the prototype for the Slātava Estate in the famous novel “Age of the Surveyors” by the Kaudzīte brothers. In 1992, the Piebalga Administrative District Museum was opened in the wine cellar of the castle, which is home to the Ineši Parish Council and a porcelain painting studio. Organised tours of the estate and its surrounding area are available.
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Vecpiebalga manor house
Vecpiebalga Manor house was built in 1688 as a property of Swedish government. After the Northern War, Peter I gave it to Boris Sherementyev as a gift who built the living-house around 1784-1786 as we can see them at present. The classical building of Vecpiebalga Manor also served as a prototype for Slatava Manor in the famous novel The Time of the Land Surveyors written by Reinis and Matiss Kaudzites. Near the manor building, there is a regular layout landscape area of 2,4 ha. 43 species of trees and bushes are found there, 22 of which are exotic. The park is encircled by rubble-wall fencing. The manor house is seen only from outside.
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