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Only manors were entitled to set up inns, which were built close to grinding-mills, churches, and main crossroads – the points of many people circulation. Coming back from the market farmers stayed at an inn for a night to have a meal and rest…

The windmill belongs to the older type of windmills, the so-called pole type. The case rests on a 6,7m long oak pole – axis. There is a pair of millstones – attrition mill.
The lower stone weighs around 800 kg, the upper – twice more. To change the…

The homestead consists of a fisherman’s houses transferred from the eastern coastline of the Gulf of Rīga. It reflects an average wealthy fisherman’s life style typical for the second half of the 19th century.
The main income was earned by fishing,…

The farmstead reflects the life style of an average wealthy peasant of Vidzeme in the period from the later half of the 18th century to the first half of the 19th century.
The buildings were grouped around the irregularly shaped courtyard with a…

The building consists of a drying house, threshing room and chamber.
The school was set in the chamber (1704-1747), where children of peasants learnt reading, writing, numeracy, and religion. School lasted from the end of November till the…