It brought me joy to hear that the Palace of the Grand Duchy was not left to be forgotten to time. It is truly brilliant that many countries that were downtrodden and persecuted in the past centuries have been able to reclaim their heritage and their history, and that they now have the opportunity to reconstruct such brilliant monuments as the Palace. Thank you for such an informative video about an area of Europe too often overlooked!
In Vilnius it looks out of place and ugly now. It is a fairytale based on a few inaccurate paintings. To make it look like it should be it had to use at least good materials and cathedral needed to be demolished as palace stood together with older baroque style one.
@@ligametis The demolition of the cathedral is unfortunate. I would still argue that it is inspiring that an old monument can return - even if the actual reconstruction was not properly planned out. I am assuming you are from/have been to Vilnius?
@@Gr8Sc0tsman24 I am from Vilnius. But you misunderstood me. Cathedral is fine, nobody demolished it. What I am saying is that those two gigantic buildings right next to each other just look wrong and are not historically accurate. This new large cathedral was finished after the palace has been demolished. Palace itself used to stand in harmony with a significant smaller cathedral in its heyday. Also palace is a vanity project as almost no information survived how they looked like. Meanwhile interiors are a total fantasy created by buying old stuff from Italy or France.
@@ligametis Ohh, sorry it is late here and I am tired. I understand then! I can imagine that it cost so much to construct that the Government are not particularly interested in getting back to it as well. Unfortunate!
It's just nationalist ego stroking waste of money bs that houses one of the worst museums in the entire country. And there are plenty of other far better looking palaces outside of Vilnius.
How does this channel not have millions of followers??? This content is incredibly well done! Its rare to find a channel that talks about topics you havent seen a billion times.
I’ve been wanting to make a video about Mindaugas II for a long time, but I realized that his story could work as an intro here instead. It did get kind of long though 😅 … But it’s fascinating how many crowns he almost got!
As an estonian, I want more latvia and lithuania stories. Ive visited riga multiple times, but have somehow never heard of their curland palaces. Must visit next summer
Greetings from the south of Estonia! I've been a big fan of your content and have binge watched your videos for a while now. My heart literally dropped, I got chills and I almosted fainted when I saw this title, as my two little worlds collided. Still can't believe that one of my favourite creators has noticed our tiny, but historically important country! Thank you so much for this video and helping to put the Baltics on the map again! Love from Estonia!
i’m from estonia, i was surprised to see this video, i have been to the kadriorg palace at least twice, one as a school trip and once into the rose garden where the best graduates are invited to a party by the president
Oh Gosh! I visited Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia for two weeks in July 2019. I enjoyed this video so much, you may rarely find videos on these North European countries. My family has rooths in St-Petersburgh, Russia, and I always visit countries that are in general out of the mass touristic paths.
What an incredible video! Thank you so much for creating this giving us all this history and sharing all of the beauty of these areas. The narration is wonderful. It's so smooth and easy to listen to that lovely voice.
The rich cultural heritage of Eastern Europe is often overshadowed by the authoritarian gloom and concrete buildings of the Cold War Era. It was interesting to know the cultural treasures of the Baltic states and their dynamic history.
Eastern Europe as you think is outdated. The Baltic States are Northern European. And I'm saying this because the Baltics are culturally unique (finno-ugric/baltic culture) and are economically and politically connected with Norfhern Europe (and Central too). I'm saying this because many Western Europeans still think that everything east of Germany is Eastern Europe. Which is unfair and it oversimplifies the culture and the current political machinations of these states.
As an Estonian I would say its eastern europe. But we just have to rehabilitate the phrases "eastern europe" and "baltic states" to not mean commieblocks and gloom, but instead to mean quality products and fun tourist locations.
Baltic states aren’t Eastern Europe. Being pragmatic, you could call them Northeastern Europe due to their active transitions into becoming high hdi nations. But culturally and historically, (as clearly presented to you by this video lol) the Baltic states are Northern Europe; Lithuania less so, but I digress.
Rundale is a really great day out if you're visiting Latvia. It's accessible by coach from Riga, the jorney is approximately 1 hour to the town of Bauska and then there's a local bus from Bauska to Rundale. While you're in Bauska, you can also visit the much older Bauska Castle which is part restored and part ruins. Bauska Castle was built by the Teutonic Knights of the Livonian Order, but later turned over to the Duke Gotthard Kettler who extended and "modernised" it.
@@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714Coach in English also means bus. It's a bus with dedicated luggage storage. Bus serves short distances, mainly within town or its nearby area or within city while coach serves long distances, mainly between towns or cities.
Eh, Estonian and Latvian nobility were entirely Germanic - they had their own dialects of German in the region (those dialects were alive beyond WW2). The "high culture" of those nations is inherited from the gentry, thus affiliated with Germany.
man this channel just always delivers some of the best videos on this channel. I always feel inspired after watching your content. Can't wait for what is next!
There is the only reason why Rundale is the largest palace in the Baltics - all the other palaces, which were larger, were destroyed. For example, a palace in Jieznas, a residence of Lithuanian magnates Pac, was destroyed in the late 19th c., the central building of Verkiai palace (100 meters long) was torn down in the 1840s, the palace in Vingis park was destroyed in the mid. 19th c., Kėdainiai palace of colossal size was blown up by the Germans in 1944.
Fate has been unkind to the Jelgava palace. Once upon a time, the main residence of the Dukes of Courland-Semigallia, for a while the main residence of the French Bourbon dynasty, where King Louis XVIII wrote the biography of Marie Antoinette, it once surpassed Rundāle in scale, opulence, and fame. And yet, after a few destructive events, it has become a shell of it's former self, and it's prominence has been taken over by it's younger, smaller sibling in Rundāle, which historically was considered but a provincial hunting lodge. As a side note, I've heard claims that Jelgava Palace might be cursed. The northern wing, in particular, has burned multiple times-in 1744, 1788, 1805, and 1816. The entire palace was burned down in 1919, and again in 1944, with more recent, small-scale fires occurring in 1992, and 2024.
I’m from Jelgava and never heard of the curse of our palace. Also no one talks about Louis XVIII living there. Our history is Latvia centric And many pages of history have been neglected - if they don’t relate to the glorious Latvian history, which is sadly built on the shoulders of forgotten characters.
Considering what happened to Jelgava during WW2, it's a bit of a miracle that the palace survived in any way whatsoever. And yeah, it's a shame none of the grandeur is left, but at least the palace is a living, breathing part of the city, being the home for LBTU
@@erenliebert4576 Well, it has painful connotations to the past and a rather backward image unrepresentative of the present prosperity since the end of the Cold War.
My compliments from Lithuania. What a wonderful documentary. I have been into the idea of visiting the beautiful Latvian Palace for a couple years already. Has anyone got any ideas about mansions and palaces around Estonian Tartu?
@@_jpg they have a large 5th column of russian colonists, but the natives are both genetically similar to nordics and they have positive views of nordics
Thank you for being accurate (at least in the Lithuanian part, no idea of others). I've seen too many videos about some episodes of Lithuanian history leaving me dissapointed and bitter for how nonsense it is, but yours is trully well made.
This is an interesting video, but I swore I heard a familiar tune in that music. Turns out Edward Elgars 'Enigma Variations' was samped for Rob Dougans 'Clubbed to Death', a prominent song from The Matrix. I've learned many new things today. Thank you sir.
Have you tought of doing a video about the 12 Royal palaces of Portugal. They are amazing and with lost of History...for instance the Royal palace of Duc of Braganza in Guimaraes dates back to the 13th century.
its important to mention the famous vilnius sapiega palace from the 17 century thats also s small versalies of vilnius and was the only one chateau of vilnius
I would love to, but it might take while since I've got a bunch of other videos planned right now. I think Denmark had some interesting lost palaces as well - that could be a fun video!
@@Law0086 What else could it be? Have you been to a modern art museum? Look at the works on the wals. This reinforced ant hill, a sort of utopian human mega-structure (just my interpretation, of course) is quite interesting, tbh.
your passing mention of the northern crusades reminded me of the foundational Teutonic myth, and how that was used by the later Junkers and their successors to justify... wanton destruction
Uber wealthy in the past: let's build the most beautiful palaces and gardens, let our light shine and enlight the plebs. We are your lords and we are here to take care of our countries and folks. Uber wealthy now: lest's build underground bunkers with fire tourches, let our luck of aesthetic and taste spread througout the wolrd, while we hide in New Zeland or on our private islands. We are your lords, and we are here to squeez you from last penny for our benefits, regardless our countries and the entire planet.
God bless the Baltic nations of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. As a kid in school, they were called, The captive nations. Because they were taken over by the USSR, against their will. Stalin murdered many of them , and shipped even more of them off to Siberia. I am so glad to at last see them independent again.
Beside Lithuania all these palaces are german. Lots of all vaiety of "germans" were on Russia service. And since Baltic had strong german minority(hello, Landeswer) they had a comfier time to vacay there.
Modern countries hardly build things as beautiful as pre World War countries did. Where I king I would 100% build my palice in modeled of of Jelgavas palice.
The title of video is quite misleading. There are no royal palaces in Baltic states, because there was no royals! And what you named "Roayl" were indeed royal palaces, but not of Baltic states itself. Kadriorg is just translated name of Catherine's valley. Neither Peter, nor his wife named this palace as Kadriorg. The palace in Vilnius is just a fantasy, a new building builded in 2018 that is based on some paintings that were taken in beginning of 19th century. Lots of authentic palaces in Lithuania are in bad shape or just ruins, but one Lithuanian politician decided came into history by building this building. It is so primitive.
Just to set the record straight, there absolutely were royal palaces in the Baltic States, so let’s not overlook that. Rebuilding the Palace of the Grand Dukes was a thoughtful and well-researched decision based on historical sources that go much further than just the 19th century. It’s about preserving and honouring the deep history of the region.
@@Oberschutzee No. You simply don't know what researches were. You not living here. For example the height of palace is wrong. In this building that was builded in 2018 lived no royals. Thus there are no Royal Palaces of Baltic states itselves.
You may soon be able to survey the palaces of Vladimir Putin and his fellow Russian oligarchs. Putin's Gelendzhik Palace has a pole for the principal dancer in his theatre.
Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire were on the brink of collapse even before WW1, they were just unsustainable. I'd say hooray for the Hungarians, Czechs, Slovaks, Poles, wouldn't you?
mhm, French architect Vallin de la Mothe, german architect Leo von Klenze, Italian architects Rastrelli, Giacomo Quarenghi, A. Rinaldi, and so on , and so on. who designed Russian mansions, they created 'russian fashion' :)
Это история Российской империи, а не Прибалтики. Называйте всё своими именами. В Прибалтике не было королевских дворов и не было королей. Надо правильно преподносить информацию по истории.
Dar ir kaip buvo karaliaus dvarų. Lietuva su Lenkija nuo 1569 m. sudarė vieną valstybę ir buvo vienas valdovas - Lenkijos karalius ir Lietuvos didysis kunigiakštis. Rusijos imperija Lietuvą buvo okupavusi tik 120 metų: nuo 1795 iki 1918 m.
@@Laura-lt Не говорите чушь. Царь Петр1 купил Прибалтику у шведов, заплатив золотом. Так что никакой оккупации быть не могло. Почитайте историю ещё раз, не было королей у литовцев.
@@Laura-lt И ещё, Петр 1 правил в конце 17 века и начале 18 века, а умер он в 1725 году. Так что Российская империя уже включала Прибалтику в свои владения в этот промежуток времени.
@@NinaNina-vq6zb Petras I Lietuvos nepirko. Lietuvą Rusijos imperija okupavo kaip ir Lenkiją 1795 m., kai Petras I jau buvo miręs. Nežinot Lietuvos istorijos. Lietuva buvo Žečpospolitos dalis, o Žečpospolitą valdė karaliai.
@@xandervk2371 Russian was spoken well before the 19th century. In fact, the Russian language was already widely used by the 16th century, with grammar books published as early as the 18th century. It was only fully modernized in the 19th century, but it certainly existed and evolved long before that.
Everything built by a 7 feet tall guy who decided he wanted to drag his kingdom, kicking on and screaming into the modern world turning it into an empire Peter the Great at true Chad
Only the small palace in Tallinn was built in his era(and it was extensively renovated in the following centuries). Furthermore, did Peter I personally participate in the construction of the palace?
@@UlmanistLatvia yeah, there''s photograph of him carrying inflatable log.. oh wait, that's Lenin. Why Lenin died? Stalin secretly replaced his inflatable log with wooden one
Contemporary British historian Norman Davies - "At the end of the 19th century, the Lithuanians, who were ahead of the Belarusians with the national revival, received the support of the Russian imperial, and then the Soviet ideologists, thanks to which they managed to spread their own interpretation of history."
Ancient Lithuania was one of non-existed now Baltic tribes that dissolved into the Slavs. And the honorary title of "Lithuania" was given to Zhmud' in the 18th century by the Russian tsars in connection with imperial need to cleanse White Rus' (annexed during partition of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1770-90s) from the name "Lithuania" that was imposed to White Russia in a two previous centures (and was unnecessary for Russian policy). Therefore, this term was transferred to one of the Baltic tribes (Samogitians + Aukšaits), who, of course, were very happy with this gift and due to decree of Catherine the Great still naively believe that they are real ancient Lithuania that created Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Of course, ancient Lithuania ( Baltic tribe of 13-14th century with its early statehood), which created Grand Duchy of Lithuania, has no relation to modern Lithuania and its ethnicity.
Historical Zhmud/Žemaitija/Samogitia is ~35% of modern Lithuania's territory and ~18% of its population. The western part of modern day Belarus is ethnically Lithuanian. You continue this talk, and we'll come back to take what's ours. God knows you were doing better under LT than RU rule.
It brought me joy to hear that the Palace of the Grand Duchy was not left to be forgotten to time. It is truly brilliant that many countries that were downtrodden and persecuted in the past centuries have been able to reclaim their heritage and their history, and that they now have the opportunity to reconstruct such brilliant monuments as the Palace. Thank you for such an informative video about an area of Europe too often overlooked!
In Vilnius it looks out of place and ugly now. It is a fairytale based on a few inaccurate paintings. To make it look like it should be it had to use at least good materials and cathedral needed to be demolished as palace stood together with older baroque style one.
@@ligametis The demolition of the cathedral is unfortunate. I would still argue that it is inspiring that an old monument can return - even if the actual reconstruction was not properly planned out. I am assuming you are from/have been to Vilnius?
@@Gr8Sc0tsman24 I am from Vilnius. But you misunderstood me. Cathedral is fine, nobody demolished it.
What I am saying is that those two gigantic buildings right next to each other just look wrong and are not historically accurate. This new large cathedral was finished after the palace has been demolished. Palace itself used to stand in harmony with a significant smaller cathedral in its heyday.
Also palace is a vanity project as almost no information survived how they looked like. Meanwhile interiors are a total fantasy created by buying old stuff from Italy or France.
@@ligametis Ohh, sorry it is late here and I am tired. I understand then! I can imagine that it cost so much to construct that the Government are not particularly interested in getting back to it as well. Unfortunate!
It's just nationalist ego stroking waste of money bs that houses one of the worst museums in the entire country. And there are plenty of other far better looking palaces outside of Vilnius.
How does this channel not have millions of followers??? This content is incredibly well done! Its rare to find a channel that talks about topics you havent seen a billion times.
I can't agree any more.
L Europe est magnifique. C est une civilisation extraordinaire.
I’ve been wanting to make a video about Mindaugas II for a long time, but I realized that his story could work as an intro here instead. It did get kind of long though 😅 … But it’s fascinating how many crowns he almost got!
More Lithuanian stories please!
I personally think a separate video about him would be quite interesting.
please make it man!
As an estonian, I want more latvia and lithuania stories.
Ive visited riga multiple times, but have somehow never heard of their curland palaces.
Must visit next summer
Long? This is too short! 2 hours should be a minimum lol
Greetings from the south of Estonia! I've been a big fan of your content and have binge watched your videos for a while now. My heart literally dropped, I got chills and I almosted fainted when I saw this title, as my two little worlds collided. Still can't believe that one of my favourite creators has noticed our tiny, but historically important country! Thank you so much for this video and helping to put the Baltics on the map again! Love from Estonia!
Your country is lovely. I visited there in summer 2019. Best wishes.
@@elizabethmcleod246 I'm glad you enjoyed it!
😂😂😂
@@Dose-y7y What's so funny?
The world i know is called Missouri,,our climate is still the same,,we shoot guns, smoke tobacco & drink liquor
That was quite a happy ending for The Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania.
Very happy.
i’m from estonia, i was surprised to see this video, i have been to the kadriorg palace at least twice, one as a school trip and once into the rose garden where the best graduates are invited to a party by the president
Excellent video, thank you!
Maybe the most beautiful and moving video you 've made.
You don't understand how unbelievable happy I get every time I see a new upload from you!!
Oh Gosh! I visited Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia for two weeks in July 2019. I enjoyed this video so much, you may rarely find videos on these North European countries. My family has rooths in St-Petersburgh, Russia, and I always visit countries that are in general out of the mass touristic paths.
What an incredible video! Thank you so much for creating this giving us all this history and sharing all of the beauty of these areas. The narration is wonderful. It's so smooth and easy to listen to that lovely voice.
The rich cultural heritage of Eastern Europe is often overshadowed by the authoritarian gloom and concrete buildings of the Cold War Era.
It was interesting to know the cultural treasures of the Baltic states and their dynamic history.
Eastern Europe as you think is outdated. The Baltic States are Northern European. And I'm saying this because the Baltics are culturally unique (finno-ugric/baltic culture) and are economically and politically connected with Norfhern Europe (and Central too).
I'm saying this because many Western Europeans still think that everything east of Germany is Eastern Europe. Which is unfair and it oversimplifies the culture and the current political machinations of these states.
As an Estonian I would say its eastern europe.
But we just have to rehabilitate the phrases "eastern europe" and "baltic states" to not mean commieblocks and gloom, but instead to mean quality products and fun tourist locations.
Landed aristocracy was as authoritarian or more than communist countries
Baltic states aren’t Eastern Europe. Being pragmatic, you could call them Northeastern Europe due to their active transitions into becoming high hdi nations. But culturally and historically, (as clearly presented to you by this video lol) the Baltic states are Northern Europe; Lithuania less so, but I digress.
The Baltic states are not part of Eastern Europe ffs...
Random topic for a video but I'm 100% here for it! 👍🏼👍🏼
Я тоже тут😂
Great content as always! Better than some documentaries I've seen!
Rundale is a really great day out if you're visiting Latvia. It's accessible by coach from Riga, the jorney is approximately 1 hour to the town of Bauska and then there's a local bus from Bauska to Rundale. While you're in Bauska, you can also visit the much older Bauska Castle which is part restored and part ruins. Bauska Castle was built by the Teutonic Knights of the Livonian Order, but later turned over to the Duke Gotthard Kettler who extended and "modernised" it.
Coach? You mean buss?
@@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714Coach in English also means bus. It's a bus with dedicated luggage storage. Bus serves short distances, mainly within town or its nearby area or within city while coach serves long distances, mainly between towns or cities.
@@revibox Thats not the way I see it. I see coach as horse drawn and buss as automobile. Busses are longer distance that coaches.
Thankyou for making this I never knew this as an Estonian I appreciate you so much
European countries looking for a monarch: Ah yes, Germany…
Knowing Finnish history, what you said could not get any more accurate.
Eh, Estonian and Latvian nobility were entirely Germanic - they had their own dialects of German in the region (those dialects were alive beyond WW2).
The "high culture" of those nations is inherited from the gentry, thus affiliated with Germany.
Well, they had so many prince-electors and dukes it's only natural
Lol benefit of having so many small states inside Germany
@@SUUOOOMMIIIPERRKKEEELEEEEE or british, or danish, or norwegian, or swedish, or romanian, or greek history
man this channel just always delivers some of the best videos on this channel. I always feel inspired after watching your content. Can't wait for what is next!
Tampoco tenía idea de que tan bellos palacios existían en el Báltico. Muchas gracias por el video
I once played piano as a performance in Rundāle Palace
Yeah Grand Dukes palace is amazing!
Great video. More like this please. Thanks! 🟡🟢🔴
Can you cover the worlds most architecturally beautiful botanical gardens?
I've thought about making videos about famous gardens. Not sure how well it would work, but I would like to try it sometime!
Rest in Pieces, Crystal Palace 😮💨
There is the only reason why Rundale is the largest palace in the Baltics - all the other palaces, which were larger, were destroyed. For example, a palace in Jieznas, a residence of Lithuanian magnates Pac, was destroyed in the late 19th c., the central building of Verkiai palace (100 meters long) was torn down in the 1840s, the palace in Vingis park was destroyed in the mid. 19th c., Kėdainiai palace of colossal size was blown up by the Germans in 1944.
Fate has been unkind to the Jelgava palace. Once upon a time, the main residence of the Dukes of Courland-Semigallia, for a while the main residence of the French Bourbon dynasty, where King Louis XVIII wrote the biography of Marie Antoinette, it once surpassed Rundāle in scale, opulence, and fame. And yet, after a few destructive events, it has become a shell of it's former self, and it's prominence has been taken over by it's younger, smaller sibling in Rundāle, which historically was considered but a provincial hunting lodge.
As a side note, I've heard claims that Jelgava Palace might be cursed. The northern wing, in particular, has burned multiple times-in 1744, 1788, 1805, and 1816. The entire palace was burned down in 1919, and again in 1944, with more recent, small-scale fires occurring in 1992, and 2024.
I’m from Jelgava and never heard of the curse of our palace. Also no one talks about Louis XVIII living there. Our history is Latvia centric And many pages of history have been neglected - if they don’t relate to the glorious Latvian history, which is sadly built on the shoulders of forgotten characters.
Considering what happened to Jelgava during WW2, it's a bit of a miracle that the palace survived in any way whatsoever. And yeah, it's a shame none of the grandeur is left, but at least the palace is a living, breathing part of the city, being the home for LBTU
Northeastern Europe is extremely underrated.
I can not wrap around my head how can you place our region in the eastern part of European continent while the center of it is precisely in Lithuania?
Balts always salty and crying whenever they are referred to as part of Eastern Europe, never gets old
@@erenliebert4576 Well, it has painful connotations to the past and a rather backward image unrepresentative of the present prosperity since the end of the Cold War.
@Game_Hero still funny to see how they seethe over geographical term, just one word starting with letter E and watch them lose their mind haha
It really is
Great video, really didn't expect to find something this niche so interesting.
Could also mention the Põltsamaa Castle, which served as the official residence of Duke Magnus of Holstein from 1570 to 1578
not a palace
I live in Tallinn. Pretty cool to see this video :) thank you!
3:34: Ouch! Wilhelm Karl was one unlucky noble.
My compliments from Lithuania. What a wonderful documentary. I have been into the idea of visiting the beautiful Latvian Palace for a couple years already. Has anyone got any ideas about mansions and palaces around Estonian Tartu?
Great video as always!
Lovely video
Outstanding work. You’re one of a kind.
Love your videos so much. Been thinking about making digital models of alternate Canberra & Paris in the Prairies
That would be amazing to see! Glad you liked the videos 😊
Amazing video! Thank you! I love the architecture!
Such beauty!
Bravo to the Three Baltic States!
Remain Free and Independent Forever!
And Please Keep These Beautiful Palaces Forever ❤😊.
they should be part of a nordic realm instead of alone
@@bennyklabarpan7002 Maybe they should decide for themselves? Just a thought xD
@@_jpg they have a large 5th column of russian colonists, but the natives are both genetically similar to nordics and they have positive views of nordics
@@bennyklabarpan7002 If they really wanted to, they could just vote to do so
Thank you for being accurate (at least in the Lithuanian part, no idea of others). I've seen too many videos about some episodes of Lithuanian history leaving me dissapointed and bitter for how nonsense it is, but yours is trully well made.
This is an interesting video, but I swore I heard a familiar tune in that music. Turns out Edward Elgars 'Enigma Variations' was samped for Rob Dougans 'Clubbed to Death', a prominent song from The Matrix. I've learned many new things today. Thank you sir.
What a beautiful video!
Another great video, i'm a big fan
Excellent.
Very interesting, thanks for making
Pretty cool palaces
Have you tought of doing a video about the 12 Royal palaces of Portugal. They are amazing and with lost of History...for instance the Royal palace of Duc of Braganza in Guimaraes dates back to the 13th century.
Super!
its important to mention the famous vilnius sapiega palace from the 17 century thats also s small versalies of vilnius and was the only one chateau of vilnius
Hi can u also make a video about the danish royal palaces or a video about the scandanavian royal palaces please.
I would love to, but it might take while since I've got a bunch of other videos planned right now. I think Denmark had some interesting lost palaces as well - that could be a fun video!
I was a guard at the administrative building in Kadriorg (7:32).
Can you cover Sanssouci palace?
Can you make a video about the royal residences of the Savoy?
Fantastic
Gonna be real I could listen to this man read the dictionary and still be entertained.
How interesting.
7:45, what exactly are we looking at?
I was wondering the same exact thing. Is that the art in the museum?
@@Law0086 What else could it be? Have you been to a modern art museum? Look at the works on the wals. This reinforced ant hill, a sort of utopian human mega-structure (just my interpretation, of course) is quite interesting, tbh.
How do you come to decide on topics for videos?
Summoned Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians to the video and comment section... "baltic" in video title? We come here as moths to a flame
Russian palaces in Russian Baltics
@@EkoFranko Vatnik human garbage.
Cool
good
Out of Curiosity, what are the buildings in Canada and the UK that you enjoy?
Katerin weels is one of best alternative rock bands
Lemmino?
Do Poland next
your passing mention of the northern crusades reminded me of
the foundational Teutonic myth, and how that was used by the later Junkers
and their successors to justify...
wanton destruction
❤❤
10/10
is that you Lemmino
Remember that the polish president is living in a mansion built by Lithuanians
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Bist du eigentlich Deutscher?
Late Gothic made some weird pieces
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mcmansion, but old!
Rundāle palace is smaler but beter then Carskoe selo palace of the same period.
The pronunciation of Kadriorg is just so wrong... Could you not have made a little research?
Uber wealthy in the past: let's build the most beautiful palaces and gardens, let our light shine and enlight the plebs. We are your lords and we are here to take care of our countries and folks.
Uber wealthy now: lest's build underground bunkers with fire tourches, let our luck of aesthetic and taste spread througout the wolrd, while we hide in New Zeland or on our private islands. We are your lords, and we are here to squeez you from last penny for our benefits, regardless our countries and the entire planet.
So, a significant part of Europe was pagan up until 1400 AD? Interesting...
With many of the locals retaining their pagan beliefs beyond 1400AD.
Pagan traditions and celebrations are still very important in the cultures of the Baltic countries
@@drerri other regions of Europe have their Pagan traditions too, often hidden as local folk traditions within Christianity.
It was mainly the territories of today's Lithuania, then whatever land they accquired later was predominantly Greek Orthodox Christian
Christians are pagans
Ahh yes when buildings where actually beautiful, modernism is heresy, beauty has value that modern architecture is missing out on.
God bless the Baltic nations of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. As a kid in school, they were called, The captive nations. Because they were taken over by the USSR, against their will. Stalin murdered many of them , and shipped even more of them off to Siberia. I am so glad to at last see them independent again.
@@terryrogers7899 Estonia is Finno-Ugric nation. And just stop your stigmatization
What!? Who had the bright idea of translating University of Agriculture as University of Life Sciences?
Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies - this is the new name
Beside Lithuania all these palaces are german. Lots of all vaiety of "germans" were on Russia service. And since Baltic had strong german minority(hello, Landeswer) they had a comfier time to vacay there.
all the time that Baltics were under Russian empire, the actual rulers were germans.
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Modern countries hardly build things as beautiful as pre World War countries did. Where I king I would 100% build my palice in modeled of of Jelgavas palice.
The title of video is quite misleading. There are no royal palaces in Baltic states, because there was no royals! And what you named "Roayl" were indeed royal palaces, but not of Baltic states itself. Kadriorg is just translated name of Catherine's valley. Neither Peter, nor his wife named this palace as Kadriorg. The palace in Vilnius is just a fantasy, a new building builded in 2018 that is based on some paintings that were taken in beginning of 19th century. Lots of authentic palaces in Lithuania are in bad shape or just ruins, but one Lithuanian politician decided came into history by building this building. It is so primitive.
this comment is misleading, a hate comment from very unhappy person
@@gediminaspuskorius1195 You are welcome! Į sveikatą! Ir iš principo tu negali žinoti ar aš laimingas, ar nelaimingas.
Just to set the record straight, there absolutely were royal palaces in the Baltic States, so let’s not overlook that. Rebuilding the Palace of the Grand Dukes was a thoughtful and well-researched decision based on historical sources that go much further than just the 19th century. It’s about preserving and honouring the deep history of the region.
@@Oberschutzee No. You simply don't know what researches were. You not living here. For example the height of palace is wrong. In this building that was builded in 2018 lived no royals. Thus there are no Royal Palaces of Baltic states itselves.
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Palaces built for Bishops… one of the many reasons I don’t trust Catholicism 😐
make the baltics pagan again
You may soon be able to survey the palaces of Vladimir Putin and his fellow Russian oligarchs. Putin's Gelendzhik Palace has a pole for the principal dancer in his theatre.
Obsessed monkey
It breaks my heart to an extent I can barely put into words that the Central Powers did not win WW1. With their loss, Europe lost. 😣😞
Well history is not written with if...
lol
Right
Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire were on the brink of collapse even before WW1, they were just unsustainable. I'd say hooray for the Hungarians, Czechs, Slovaks, Poles, wouldn't you?
Both times tbh
Russian palaces in russian fashion.
mhm, French architect Vallin de la Mothe, german architect Leo von Klenze, Italian architects Rastrelli, Giacomo Quarenghi, A. Rinaldi, and so on , and so on. who designed Russian mansions, they created 'russian fashion' :)
The German masters didn't let them to live in their own towns😅😅😅😅
Это история Российской империи, а не Прибалтики. Называйте всё своими именами. В Прибалтике не было королевских дворов и не было королей. Надо правильно преподносить информацию по истории.
Dar ir kaip buvo karaliaus dvarų. Lietuva su Lenkija nuo 1569 m. sudarė vieną valstybę ir buvo vienas valdovas - Lenkijos karalius ir Lietuvos didysis kunigiakštis. Rusijos imperija Lietuvą buvo okupavusi tik 120 metų: nuo 1795 iki 1918 m.
@@Laura-lt Не говорите чушь. Царь Петр1 купил Прибалтику у шведов, заплатив золотом. Так что никакой оккупации быть не могло. Почитайте историю ещё раз, не было королей у литовцев.
@@Laura-lt И ещё, Петр 1 правил в конце 17 века и начале 18 века, а умер он в 1725 году. Так что Российская империя уже включала Прибалтику в свои владения в этот промежуток времени.
@@NinaNina-vq6zb Petras I Lietuvos nepirko. Lietuvą Rusijos imperija okupavo kaip ir Lenkiją 1795 m., kai Petras I jau buvo miręs. Nežinot Lietuvos istorijos. Lietuva buvo Žečpospolitos dalis, o Žečpospolitą valdė karaliai.
@@NinaNina-vq6zb Būtent, Petras I jau buvo miręs, kai Rusija okupavo Lietuvą. Tada jau valdė Jekaterina II.
Vilnius become Vilnius in 1940 , all time before it was VIlna, till 15 century Lituania had official languige latin .1529 Belarussian become official
Medinsky textbooks combined with drugs will do that to you.
belarusian language did not exist until 20century
@@Oberschutzee Only in the same sense as Russian did not exist until 19th century.
@@xandervk2371 Russian was spoken well before the 19th century. In fact, the Russian language was already widely used by the 16th century, with grammar books published as early as the 18th century. It was only fully modernized in the 19th century, but it certainly existed and evolved long before that.
Everything built by a 7 feet tall guy who decided he wanted to drag his kingdom, kicking on and screaming into the modern world turning it into an empire Peter the Great at true Chad
Only the small palace in Tallinn was built in his era(and it was extensively renovated in the following centuries).
Furthermore, did Peter I personally participate in the construction of the palace?
@@UlmanistLatvia yeah, there''s photograph of him carrying inflatable log.. oh wait, that's Lenin. Why Lenin died? Stalin secretly replaced his inflatable log with wooden one
Nice buildings. They just don't build grand homes like they used to.
Contemporary British historian Norman Davies - "At the end of the 19th century, the Lithuanians, who were ahead of the Belarusians with the national revival, received the support of the Russian imperial, and then the Soviet ideologists, thanks to which they managed to spread their own interpretation of history."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litvinism
What a nice inheritance left the Russian Empire in the Baltic states.
Ancient Lithuania was one of non-existed now Baltic tribes that dissolved into the Slavs. And the honorary title of "Lithuania" was given to Zhmud' in the 18th century by the Russian tsars in connection with imperial need to cleanse White Rus' (annexed during partition of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1770-90s) from the name "Lithuania" that was imposed to White Russia in a two previous centures (and was unnecessary for Russian policy). Therefore, this term was transferred to one of the Baltic tribes (Samogitians + Aukšaits), who, of course, were very happy with this gift and due to decree of Catherine the Great still naively believe that they are real ancient Lithuania that created Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Of course, ancient Lithuania ( Baltic tribe of 13-14th century with its early statehood), which created Grand Duchy of Lithuania, has no relation to modern Lithuania and its ethnicity.
Deranged litvinist detected
Historical Zhmud/Žemaitija/Samogitia is ~35% of modern Lithuania's territory and ~18% of its population. The western part of modern day Belarus is ethnically Lithuanian.
You continue this talk, and we'll come back to take what's ours. God knows you were doing better under LT than RU rule.