Valdeķu pils, manor house
5 km no Kandavas, Valdeķi, Kandavas pagasts, Tukuma novads, Latvija, LV-3120Valdeķi Manor
Open hour: prior arrangement
The palace building of Valdeķi Manor was constructed in 1882. In 1931, in a rather deteriorated stated it was bought by the publisher, journalist, and writer Antons Benjamiņš (1860-1939), who in late 30-ties turned Valdeķi Manor into a rural model farm. In 1998, a memorial museum was opened for Juris Benjamiņš - the first colour-photography master, chemist, and movie factory owner in Canada.
