The big white building just west of the northern cable-car station is Krimulda Manor, built in 1897, confiscated by the government in 1922 and later turned into a tuberculosis hospital. Today it is a rehabilitation centre.
It admittedly looks better from afar as a lot of paint is chipping off the facade. The building was commissioned by Baron von Lieven, a general in the Swedish army who, as it turns out, was a distant descendant of the Liv leader that ruled the area when it was invaded by German crusaders. When you visit, you can ask at the front to be let out onto the terrace for excellent views of the forested valley – this is a popular place in Latvia for newlyweds to take pictures.
