Mežotne
Mežotne is a village in the Mežotne Parish of Bauska Municipality in the Semigallia region of Latvia, 10 km west of Bauska and 40 km south of the capital of Latvia, Riga. It is located on the left bank of the Lielupe river near the Lithuanian border.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 340 residents
- Description: village in Latvia
- Also known as: “Mezhotne” and “Myza Mezhotne”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mežotne palace and Rundāle Palace.
Mežotne palace
Manor estate
Photo: Jankakat, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mežotne Palace is a manor house located in the Mežotne Parish of Bauska Municipality, in the Semigallia region of Latvia. The palace is one of the most outstanding examples of Neoclassical architecture in Latvia.
Rundāle Palace
Photo: Arian Zwegers, CC BY 2.0.
Rundāle Palace is one of the two major baroque palaces built for the Dukes of Courland in what is now Latvia, the other being Jelgava Palace. The palace was built in two periods, from 1736 until 1740 and from 1764 until 1768. Rundāle Palace is situated 3½ km southwest of Mežotne.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pilsrundāle and Ziedoņi.
Pilsrundāle
Village
Photo: Laima Gūtmane (simka…, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pilsrundāle is a village in the Rundāle Parish of Bauska Municipality in the Semigallia region of Latvia, approximately 40 kilometers from Jelgava. Pilsrundāle had 862 residents as of 2006. Rundāle Palace is located in Pilsrundāle. Pilsrundāle is situated 3½ km southwest of Mežotne.
Jāņukrogs
Village
Photo: ScAvenger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jāņukrogs is a village, which is situated 6 km west of Mežotne.
Mežotne
- Categories: village in Latvia, average-size village in Latvia, and locality
- Location: Mežotnes pagasts, Bauska Municipality, Latvia, Baltic states, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.44009° or 56° 26′ 24″ northLongitude
24.05443° or 24° 3′ 16″ eastPopulation
340Elevation
19 metres (62 feet)Open location code
9G86C3R3+2QOpenStreetMap ID
node 469180758OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
457350Wikidata ID
Q1926512
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Turkish—“Mežotne” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Межатнэ”
- Belarusian: “Мэжотнэ”
- Cebuano: “Mežotne”
- Czech: “Mežotne”
- Dutch: “Mežotne”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ميزوتنى”
- Estonian: “Mežotne”
- French: “Mežotne”
- German: “Mesothen”
- German: “Mezotne”
- German: “Mežotne”
- Italian: “Mežotne”
- Latgalian: “Mežūtne”
- Latvian: “Mežotne”
- Lithuanian: “Mežuotnė”
- Polish: “Mežotne”
- Russian: “Межотне”
- Russian: “Мезотен”
- Russian: “Мезоттен”
- Swedish: “Mežotne”
- Turkish: “Mejotne”
- Turkish: “Mežotne”
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