Cesvaine
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Cesvaine (, ) is a town in Madona Municipality, Vidzeme Region, Latvia. It is home to the Cesvaine Palace, built in 1896 near the ruins of previous medieval castles. The town is also the extra-territorial center of Cesvaine Parish, of which the town is not a part of.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Cesvaine
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_shield
- Coat_of_Arms_of_Cesvaine.svg
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Cesvaine loss 5015 06.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Cesvaine Palace
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Madona
- Settlement.established_title
- Town rights
- Settlement.established_date
- 1991
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Latvia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- above
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Latvia
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Vilnis Špats
- Settlement.blank_name_sec1
- Number of city council members
- Settlement.blank_info_sec1
- 9
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Зесвеген
- Population
- 1197
- Area
- 5.02
- Official website
- www.cesvaine.lv
- Image
- Cesvaines pils 2012.JPG
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Cesvaine (, ) is a town in Madona Municipality, Vidzeme Region, Latvia. It is home to the Cesvaine Palace, built in 1896 near the ruins of previous medieval castles. The town is also the extra-territorial center of Cesvaine Parish, of which the town is not a part of.
==History== During the period before the Livonian Crusade in the 13th century, the territory of modern Cesvaine was part of the Principality of Jersika and was inhabited by ancient Latgalians. It was first mentioned in written sources in 1209 (Latin: Urbs Zcessowe) in the treaty between bishop Albert of Riga and Visvaldis of Jersika. In 1211 the Bishopric of Riga and the Livonian Brothers of Sword partitioned the lands of Jersika between themselves. The territory of Cesvaine fell under the control of the Livonian Brothers of the Sword, however in 1213 some of the lands were exchanged and Cesvaine became property of the Bishop of Riga.
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