Latgale Regional Rehabilitation Center "Rāzna"

On a small hill on the shore of Lake Zosna, hidden in the crowns of the tree branches of a picturesque park, the building of the sanatorium "Rāzna" stands proudly, which was originally built as a summer rest house for artists. An architectural monument of local significance.

The sanatorium offers various treatment programs and specialist consultations, health and relaxation services. Overnight accommodation is available in a separate building.

The foundation stone of the building was laid in 1909. The local patron of the arts, an official of the Russian Railways Administration, the lord of Gluzhnev (now Luznava Manor), Stanislavs Kerbedzs, who owned several manors in Latgale, had originally intended to build the building as a summer rest house for artists. The real initiator of this event was his wife, who wanted to provide shelter for artists who were tired of work or in need, who could continue their creative journey there. It was not for nothing that a picturesque place was chosen in the beautiful South Latgale highlands, from which a fabulous view of the fog-shrouded shores of Lake Rāzna opens. The hotel building was built by an Italian architect and by 1915 two floors were added, floors were laid and a chipboard roof was put up. Stones of the same color for the parade stairs were searched throughout the surrounding area, which were split and cut on site. The building had about 60 rooms. However, construction stopped. During the First World War, the sisters of the female religious order supposedly stayed in the building, but after the war the manor and land were expropriated, leaving the castle with 3 hectares of land in the state land fund. At that time, the building was noticed by the Latgale teacher, the authorized representative of the health insurance fund for municipal employees and public institutions, and the writer Meikuls Apels, who had the idea to establish a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients here. In 1935, the Minister of Public Welfare Vladislavs Rubuļs supported this idea. 360,000 lats were needed for the construction work, so funds were raised by involving the surrounding municipalities. Construction resumed in 1939 and lasted until 1941, but in April 1942 the first patients began to be admitted here. True, a year later the building was vacated for the needs of a war hospital. (Latgales Laiks, author: Inese Baranovska, publication date: Friday, February 3, 2006, Section: in the region (page 7))