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Jaunmokas Manor

Jaunmokas Manor
Jaunmoku pils 1999-11-06 (2).jpg
General information
Architectural style Neo-Gothic
Town or city Tukums municipality
Country Latvia
Completed 1901
Client George Armitstead
Design and construction
Architect Wilhelm Bockslaff

Jaunmokas Manor (Latvian: Jaunmoku muižas pils; German: Schloss Neu-Mocken) is a manor house in the historical region of Zemgale, in Latvia. Since 1991 the building has housed a woods and forestry museum, exhibiting the respective techniques and the history of forestry in the country.

The Neo-Gothic style structure was designed by architect Wilhelm Ludwig Nicholas Bockslaff, and built in 1901 as a hunting lodge for Mayor of Riga George Armitstead.

Coordinates: 56°58′54″N 23°03′14″E / 56.9816°N 23.0540°E / 56.9816; 23.0540



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