Jaunmoku Palace is located in Tukums district, Latvia, 75 km from Riga and about 30 km from the town of Tukums. The Palace was built in 1901, the architect was Wilhelm Backslap. Originally lestene warriors ' cemetery was built as a hunting for the mayor of the city of George armitstead at first, to whom the Palace belonged to until 1904.

Over the next few years Amoxicil the castle was owned by different families. Since 1920, the castle became the property of the state. After the division of the estate of Jaunmokas, outbuildings, and the land was rented. In the castle is a children's rest home "Tirolese".

For the period of the Second World war the castle was used for the needs of both Russian and German troops. So, at the beginning of the war in Jaunmoku castle was the NCO school, later it was already a German radio station. Well, towards the end of the war, it housed a German military hospital.

In the postwar period there were apartments, and offices, and shops. During this period, the repairs of the Palace no one did. Since 1974, after the transition Jaunmoku castle to the Ministry of forest industry, there has been repair work, which lasted for 20 years. In 1992 the castle was owned to public hunting, and since 2000 the owner of the castle became JSC "Latvijas valsts mezi".

Work on the improvement of the castle continues. Their goal is the promotion and establishment of Jaunmoku Palace as one of the important tourist and cultural centres of the country.

With lock Jaunmokas related to a legend based on true events, Dating from the early 20th century. The legend tells of a young girl Dorite that worked in the castle as a nanny during the Second World war. At that time the Palace was occupied by the Germans. Dorite loved officer, who soon left, leaving her pregnant. The girl could not survive the separation and to overcome shame, and she drowned herself in the pond of the castle.

Since that time, the people living in the castle, repeatedly seen the Ghost of a young girl in the attic, dressed in white robes. According to the legend it is believed that its spirit and tai couldn't calm down. Once in the castle was visited by two scientists from Germany, who explored the Palace with the help of special devices for the presence of different energies. So these scientists have determined that the strongest energy comes from the attic. It is also assumed that they were talking to a Ghost, whereby they realized that it was a good cast. White lady happened to see and the employees of the castle, occasionally in the empty Palace, they heard footsteps and the noise of opening doors.

Now the castle houses the Museum of forest that can be visited individually or with a group. Here are the different expositions in which You will learn about the animals that inhabit the forests of Latvia, as well as the species of trees and about the history of forestry. In addition, periodically organizes various temporary exhibitions.

In the front hall Jaunmoku castle You can see the unique tiled stove, which is 50 different kinds of Riga and Jurmala.

In addition to tours and visits to exhibits, in an ancient castle, you can celebrate a wedding, or to conduct other activities. In addition, there is a small hotel.