Zvārtava Manor

Zvārtava Manor (Latvian: Zvārtavas muižas pils; German: Adsel-Schwartzhof) is a manor house in Gaujiena Parish, Smiltene Municipality in the historical region of Vidzeme, northern Latvia.

The manor belonged to von Fersen family until World War I.

After World War II there was a school (until 1969), the local collective farm used the castle cellars for warehouses.

[5] The complex has a castle, a gardener's house, a barn, a windmill, stables with artists' workshops, some outbuildings.

The text "Hic habitat Felicitas, nihil mali intret" is engraved on the stone on the threshold of the castle (from Latin: "Happiness lives here, nothing bad comes in").