Madona

Madona is a town with town rights in the Vidzeme district of Latvia and is the focal point of the Madona region. The encompassing region of Madona had been populated in before times, which is affirmed by revelations of old graveyard in the city's region. Madona is first specified in writing in 1461, when Archbishop Sylvester started leasing the grounds. In any case, the Swedish government set the land under state control. After the Great Northern War, Madona progressed toward becoming property of the Russian Empire. Ruler Elizabeth gave Birži Manor along other of Vidzeme's estates to Count Alexander Buturlin.