The Smiltene Manor complex is located on the steep bank of Lake Vidusezers. This area is called Kalnamuiža.

• The manor buildings were constructed from 1767-1771. At that time, the manor owner was Vidzeme’s Governor-General G. Braun, but it was later sold to the Riga merchant Bandav. In 1893, the manor was purchased by Princess Lieven’s mother to be gifted to her son, Paul Lieven. This marked the beginning of Prince Paul Lieven’s years of rule, during which Smiltene developed very rapidly.
• Preserved buildings of Kalnamuiža include the manor manager’s house, ice cellar, hunter’s lodge, stables, silage tower, barn with historic weather vanes, and the ruins of the Teutonic Order castle with the former cheese factory (1763).
• In 1922, the Latvian state nationalised the manor and established an agricultural training exhibition. Today, the manor’s buildings house Smiltene Technical School, where young people from all over Latvia come to study.

Teutonic Order Castle Ruins

• The castle was built in 1370. It belonged to the Archbishop of Riga.
• Today, only fragments of stone walls remain along the steep slope above Lake Vidusezers.