French Garden

French Garden is a park in Rundāles pagasts, Bauska Municipality. French Garden is situated nearby to Rundāle Palace Park, as well as near Rundāle Palace Museum.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rundāle Palace and Mežotne palace.

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 220 metres northeast of French Garden.

Mežotne palace

Manor estate

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Mežotne palace is a manor estate, which is situated 3½ km northeast of French Garden.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pilsrundāle and Mežotne.

Pilsrundāle

Village

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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.

Mežotne

Village

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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. Mežotne is situated 3½ km northeast of French Garden.