Tāšu - Padure Manor Battle site
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The Tasi - Padure Manor Castle is now known as Kalvene Primary School, founded in 1922. The school building was built in the 19th century in the late classical style as a hunting lodge for Count Keizerling.
At the beginning of 1919, the first mobilised men who answered the call for mobilisation gathered here and came to the manor. On 22 January 1919, the Latvian Separate Cavalry Unit was established here, one of whose leaders went to the 1st Latvian Separate Battalion commanded by O.Kalpaks on 24 January. The whole unit (about 80 soldiers in total) under the command of commander Arnolds Artum-Hartmanis arrived in Rudbārži on 1 March.
Kalvene Primary School is a national cultural monument. In the 1960s, the castle was renovated and adapted to the needs of the school.
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