Madona is a town with town rights in the Vidzeme region of Latvia and is the center of the Madona municipality. The surrounding area of Mado…Madona is a town with town rights in the Vidzeme region of Latvia and is the center of the Madona municipality. The surrounding area of Madona had been populated in earlier times, which is confirmed by discoveries of old burial grounds in the city's vicinity. Madona is first mentioned in writing in 1461, when Archbishop Sylvester began renting the lands of Birži Manor. However, the Swedish government placed the land under state control. After the Great Northern War, Madona became property of the Russian Empire. Empress Elizabeth presented Birži Manor along with other of Vidzeme's manors to Count Alexander Buturlin.
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