Rundāle Palace

Rundāle Palace (Latvian: Rundāles pils; German: Schloss Ruhental, formerly Ruhenthal or Ruhendahl) 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. It is situated at Pilsrundāle, in Rundāle Parish, Bauska Municipality in the Semigallia region, 12 km west of Bauska.

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Rundāle Palace ranks #246 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #1 of the 45 mapped in Latvia. Founded 1736, it is older than 20% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 525 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 13,955 times in the last 60 days, more than 95% of the atlas. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Riga, 60 km away. See how Latvia compares in the castle statistics.

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