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Haunted places in Latvia
What are the most haunted places in Latvia? The best-known is Doppelgänger.
Latvia’s castles and manor houses are home to a crowd of white ladies, wandering lights and phantom musicians, and its folk songs – the dainas – preserve a rich belief in the spirits of the dead, who were welcomed home each autumn in the season of veļi.
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Haunted places in Latvia
The ghost lore of Latvia
The country also shares in the European tradition of the spirit double. Ghost-hunting visitors tend to follow the castle route through Vidzeme and Kurzeme, where many manors now operate as hotels and museums.
Ghost-hunting hotspots
- Sigulda Castle
A castle in the Gauja valley said to be visited by a White Lady on foggy evenings.
- Mežotne Palace
A neoclassical palace in Zemgale said to be inhabited by a White Lady.
- Dundaga Castle
A Kurzeme castle with tales of flickering lights, doors opening on their own and piano music from empty rooms.
- Bauska Castle
A castle ruin and palace with stories of self-opening doors and echoes of unknown languages.
Timeline
- 1845–46The two Mademoiselles Sagée Doppelgänger
Pupils at a girls’ school are said to have seen their French teacher, Émilie Sagée, and her double at the same time. The account was first published by Robert Dale Owen in 1860 and rests on a single witness.
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