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Ķemeriķemeri the House Has Been Restored Authentically to the Most Minute Detail: Period Chairs and Tables Set with Hand Embroidered Cloths, Quaint Coffee Ser- St O.Kalpaka pr. Meža propekts 7. līnija 6. līnija 5. līnija St. Lielupe Bulduru prospektsVidus prospekts Vienības prospekts RĪGAS JŪRAS LĪCIS Krišjāņa There, in the last year of her life, Aspazija made out her Last Will and Testa- Meža prospekts St. Bulduri ment, expressing her wish that the house becomes a meeting place for crea- Dzintaru prospekts Barona iela Muižas iela tive personalities and that a Rainis and Aspazija yearbook is published, where Dzintaru Meža prospekts the truth would be told and made accessible to future scholars. Legend koncertzāle At the end of October 1943, Aspazija suffered a stroke and was taken to a Buildings Hospital Dzintari Bulduri 2 Dzintaru prospekts clinic, where she died on November 5, 1943. Kaudzīšu iela Forests Pier Tirgoņu Turaidas iela In 1986, a memorial plaque/moulding Sidraba šķidrauts (The silver veil) by Majori 3 Dzintaru Roads Bicycle rent Jaunā iela Mežaparks Edinburgas prospekts Antonija Gulbe was installed. In 1987, the house was transferred to the Jūrmala JūrasPilsoņu iela Smilšu Meža prospekts Kaiju Tirgoņu Brīvības prospekts Omnibusa Priedaine History and Art Museum and was at the disposal of the Jūrmala Executive Train station Supermarket Viktorijas J.Pliekšāna St. Majori Ātrā iela Vanagu iela Ērgļu iela Undīnes Konkordijas Rīgas iela Committee that used it as a summer house. Rented out to several families at Pūpolu Jomas iela Post office Shower 5 4 Teātra iela St. Dzintari once, it was finally abandoned in complete disrepair. Babītes iela Gončarova Municipality Feet flushing taps 6 Jomas iela Smilšu In 1993 the Aspazija home fund was established for the restoration of the Miera iela Lienes iela Dubulti 7 Z.Meierovica prosp. Rīgas iela House. Later on, the fund became a part of the Aspazija Heritage Society. Com- Market WC 1 Parka St. Majori Baznīcas iela bining the initiative of concerned Jūrmala citizens, material resources of the Museum Tourism information Slokas iela city and financial support of compatriots abroad, such as, American Latvians Pils iela Rīgas iela Kļavu iela Ceriņu iela Turaidas iela Concert hall Cafes and restaurants Teātra iela Rīgas iela Uldis Raiskums, Agate Nesaule, and many more, made it possible, in 1996, for R.Blau Viktorijas iela A 10 maņa St. Dubulti Jaunā iela Konkordijas iela Aiviekstes iela Jaundubulti the House to be opened to the public. Church E 22 9 Amulas Līgatnes iela Ventas Salacas Thereafter, structural improvements, acquisitions of period furnishings, Amatas iela Gaujas iela books, and memorabilia, the addition of an assembly/exhibit room, and land- J.Pliekšāna iela Braslas Ķemeru iela scaping made the antique house ever more attractive to local and internation- 11 Alauksta Strēlnieku prospekts al visitors. In 1996 it became a registered museum. Consequently, further res- Rāznas Baltezera Emīlijas iela Sesavas Svitenes Mēmeles toration and upgrading became necessary, and in 2012, the house was closed Lielupes iela Dubultu prospekts Abavas iela Sedas 10 Poruka prospekts down for that purpose. Pērses Slokas iela Kāpu iela Kronvalda iela Strēlnieku prospekts Fully restored and enlarged, the Aspazija House was reopened in October Poruka prospekts Egļuciems 2014. It stands now proudly and beautifully on the busy Z. Meierovica prospekts Dārzu iela L i e l u p e Asari Pumpuri 8 for the entire world to see. Connected to the world through the internet, it St. Jaundubulti Lielupes iela brings Aspazija’s life and her works to home and international audiences. Melluži Pulkveža Brieža iela Jaundubultu Mellužu prospekts St. Pumpuri kapi ĶemeriĶemeri The house has been restored authentically to the most minute detail: period chairs and tables set with hand embroidered cloths, quaint coffee ser- St. Melluži vices and portraits of Aspazija at different stages of her life. Each room seems Skuju iela E 22 to welcome not only the curious strangers but also local school children of a Zemeņu iela A 10 St. Asari democratic, free State such as Aspazija had envisioned in her dreams more Valtera prospekts Vasaras iela than a century ago. Palangas iela The more recent showpiece is the wood-inlaid Aspazija’s piano, telling Gleznotāja Miervalža Ķemera gatve Karogu iela the guests about composers who visited Aspazija, when she was alone and her world was falling apart. One can imagine her, eyes closed, listening to the iela poems of her tempestuous youth set to music and sung by many voices or Durbes Druvciems Robežu 12iela imagine the poetess herself sitting at the piano playing Chopin’s etudes and Tirgus iela Beethoven’s sonatas. Dārzu iela Slokas iela Katedrāles iela Browsing through the book shelves, one may discover the beautifully Partizānu ielaLiepājas iela Brocēnu iela Bišuiela bound and illustrated great books by the world’s great masters – Goethe, Schil- L i e l u p e ler, Heine, and many more whom Aspazija loved and who became a part of her Dundagas iela Liesmas iela Vilhelma Purvīša iela essence. Those works influenced her works and characters, giving the familiar Valteri Tukuma iela archetypes modern, often female dimensions. Her plays, especially, need yet A.Upīša iela Emīla Dārziņa iela to be discovered, analysed, compared, and enjoyed. Senatnes J.Rozentāla iela Thus, the House of Aspazija is more than a house and a museum; it is a Alejas iela journey into the hidden and virtually unknown past of the eminent writer and Sēravotu iela Piekrastes iela Slokas iela Tukuma iela her country. It is also a place to discover one’s deeper self and connect with others. It is a symbol of Latvia. It is poetry. Open: Tuesday – Saturday 10.00 – 17.00. Free of charge entrance. L i e l u p e Babītes ezers St. Ķemeri 2 Rainis and Aspazija Memorial 3 5 House of Aspazija Summer House in Majori Zigfrīda Meierovica prospekts 20, Dubulti Objects (formerly, Gončarova iela 13/15) of Interest J. Pliekšāna iela 5/7 (formerly, Aleksandra iela 7), Majori Monument of Rainis liked to deal with the directors and pro- by the museum The House of Aspazija is of national significance with special uniqueness and ducers. J. Pliekšāna iela 35, Majori beauty. Located in the narrowest place of Jūrmala, where the sea is only a couple Actually, while Aspazija wrote in- hundred meters away from the porch and where, from the southern windows Celebrating the centenary of Rainis’s life and starting tensely, trying to catch up with time lost one can enjoy the fabulous view of the River Lielupe. the tradition of poetry days in Latvia, on September in Switzerland, Rainis was tired of crea- Marija Kiršteine, a Baltic German merchant, built the summer house in 11, 1965, in Majori, a monument by Oto Kalējs was tive writing and became again involved 1903. After the death of Rainis, Aspazija sold their house in Riga and bought the installed. A grey granite image shows a relaxed Rainis in politics. He served as a Minister of Kiršteine’s house for 11,500 Lats. “Now I am in Dubulti, in the house my beloved in his garden. Education and travelled on government and I wanted to buy together. We talked how to set it up”, she wrote in her diary, missions. Feeling free, he held his own July 1933. council, entertained his old and young There she lived the last decade of her life, during which time she produced Rainis’s and Aspazija’s summer house friends and basked in the sunshine on an amazing amount of writing. She wrote and arranged two books of poems: is a museum for the preservation and the beach. His housekeeper Anna Ri- Dvēseles ceļojums (Soul’s journey), 1933, and Zem vakara zvaigznes (Under the promotion of their cultural heritage. jniece took care of his daily needs. 4 Horn’s Garden and Monument evening star), 1942); the novel Rudens lakstīgala (Autumn nightingale), 1933; a play Velna nauda (The devil’s money), 1933, and four out of six volumes of her ūrmala is a resort town 25 km (20 miles) west of Riga. Sandwiched between the The couple purchased the property in In the summer of 1927, Aspazija and for Rainis and Aspazija The Young Raven autobiography Mana dzīve un darbi (My life and my works), 1938-1940, each aver- Gulf of Riga and the Lielupe River, Jūrmala is made up of a string of 14 small the autumn of 1926, the same year they Rainis resided in the small upper rooms Jomas iela 35, Majori J aging 350 pages. Besides these, she wrote extensive tributes to other writers and resort areas with romantic wooden summer cottages and stately houses, many of moved from Pārdaugava (suburban area of their garden house. There he wrote personalities, remembrances, and essays. In addition, with the help of friends, she the Art Nouveau houses are protected as historical landmarks. The beginning of of Riga) to the centre of Riga, on Baznīcas the play Mīla stiprāka par nāvi (Love is In 1870, Mr. Horn took a pos- 6 The Monument of Aspazija edited and arranged Rainis’s diaries for publication in the journal Atpūta (Relaxa- the town’s development dates back to the late 18th to early 19th centuries, when iela 30. stronger than death). In the autumn, session of a piece of a dune Zigfrīda Meierovica prospekts 20 , Dubulti tion). roads and railroads were constructed and made quick connections possible. The Their whole Majori property is a she returned to Riga, while he stayed forest, overgrown with scrub (previously, Gončarova iela 13/15) There she received and entertained important statesmen and old friends small areas of a city, though retaining their individual characteristics, were incor- three building complex, typical of the behind. “I like this calmness, this clean pines and developed it into a th and colleagues who visited her on special days.
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