The name of the poet and songwriter Bronislava Martuževa ( 1924 – 2012) is a legend of a whole era. A symbol of inner freedom and strength of spirit. A member of the National Resistance Movement, repressed and exiled to Siberia, awarded the Order of the Three Stars. Published 13 collections of poems.

The Indrāņi parish house “Dārziņi 1” was the place of residence of the poet Broņislava Martuževa from 1974 to 2012. In the reconstructed barn, a memorial to the poet, her family and Latvia has been created with the help of a professional artist – stage designer Ivars Noviks.

OFFER

• Guided tour of the Poetry Barn.
• Meet the poet in audio and video recordings.
• Listening and singing popular songs with Martuževa’s words.
• Viewing the environmental attractions.

PRICES

* barn visit free of charge;
* guide service for adults 3 EUR per person;
* guide service for schoolchildren EUR 2 per person.

Environmental attractions:

“Mirror Surface Hideout – Tribute to the Resistance Movement” The poet hid for 5 years (1946-1951) in a hiding place / bunker under the floor in her “Lazdini” home, which was built by her brother, then the whole family was arrested, the poet spent 5 years (1951-1956) in Siberia. There was no possibility to reproduce this hiding place in the Poetry Barn, so we adopted the idea of scenographer Ivars Noviks to raise this hiding place to the surface level, creating it out of polished metal, where the outside world, which was unreachable for the poet for 5 years, is depicted as a mirror, while the inside – darkness, which could not break the inner strength. On the interior walls – fragments of poems written at the time, in the poet’s own handwriting, in the underground magazine “Dzimtene”;

“Poetry Hives” Two poetry hives, 30 poetry layers, contain poems and excerpts from a diary;

“Stones of Writing” Sculptor Ģirts Burvis, inspired by the poet’s work and the diary’s message of what a monument to the Martuževi family could look like, has created LOGA / KRUSTA STONES. The garden also features the WRITTEN WRITINGS stone and the LIEPAS stone. The Bronislava Scripture stones will develop gradually in the garden environment – 2 more stones have just been placed and are waiting for an artistic solution. Meanwhile, a small moss-covered boulder, brought from the crossroads of the Slavit village roads by the Bronislava family, has been placed in the introduction – as a symbol of the family’s origins.