Castles (1)

Rundale Palace is one of the most beautiful monuments of Baroque and Rococo art in Latvia. It was built between 1736 and 1740 as a summer residence of Duke Ernst Johann of Courland.
The famous Italian architect Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli designed Rundale Palac and was a supervisor during construction work. After the death of Empress Anna, the Duke was arrested and sent to exile in Russia. Construction process in the palace were resumed after the Duke's returned at the beginning of the reign of Empress Catherine II.
The major part of the interior was made in the period between 1765 and 1768.