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Wilhelm Tusch. A view to the Turaida castle ruins from the southeast, around 1830. Water- colour painting.
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The castle ruins are depicted from distance with the remains of the main tower. On the left form it, above the trees, there are
visible outlines of the large semi-round tower. On the right – residential building of the landlord, built in 1786. Behind the ruins, you
can see tile roofs of economic buildings of estate, but on the left form the castle – an ancient hillfort – Kārļa hill. In the foreground –
the meadows of the Gauja flood-lands. In ancient times they were not overgrown by trees, because there were farmsteads in the
ancient valley and surrounding fields were used as a pasture for domestic animals and for hay supply. The drawing is made for
Paulucci album, included in Vidzeme volume, compiled in 1829-1830.