Drabeši Manor, a manor in the historical region of Vidzeme, in northern Latvia
In 2000, in Valmiera (a large town in the Vidzeme of Latvia), she vaulted to 3.72 , setting a new record there as well as improving upon her personal best.
Skalbe was born in Vecpiebalga parish, in the heart of Vidzeme, symbolically the same year that one of the other greats of Latvian literature, the poet Auseklis (Miķelis Krogzemis), died in exile.
The name of the club refers to the historic region of Livonia (now Vidzeme) in which the municipality is located.
Deputies are elected to represent one of five constituencies: Kurzeme (13 deputies), Latgale (15), Riga (30), Vidzeme (27), and Zemgale (15).
The first rector of Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences was Artis Pabriks, the former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Latvia and the current Minister for Defence of Latvia.