Military Heritage Tourism - Battle sites

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Battle at Skrunda school
Photo: Juris Smaļinskis
Artillery shell explosion pits
Photo: Priekule/Vaiņode Tourist Information Centre
Guided excursion in Priekule “Along the Footsteps of World War II in the "Courland Pocket””
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Memorial stone of the Soviet partisan unit "Red Arrow"
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Jaunmuiža and the 1st Latvian Separate Battalion
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Niega (Melderupe) and its surroundings
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Fragment of World War I fortifications near the Lesmani brothers' cemetery
Rubene parish house, where the Chekists burned the bodies of six national partisans who fell in the Battle of the Danube on July 2, 1945
Rubene parish house - a place of Cheka repressions
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The site of the battles of the Rubeņš Battalion on December 6-9, 1944
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Pikasilla battle field
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Former Tome Elementary School
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Slaidēni Castle Mound
Käre battle field
Alina Borzenkaitė
Girnikai Mound
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Alstiķe Manor Ruins
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Defence Line "Walk"
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Recreation Place “Meža kaujas”, the Main Venues of the Cēsis Battles near the Amata Bridge
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Kužiai Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
National and Soviet partisan battles and memorial sites in the Grīva Forest
Remte Manor Park. Hunting Tower, 1944. Source: National Library of Latvia digital collection "Lost Latvia".
Remte manor house and park
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Sand hill
Photo: Juris Smaļinskis
Nordeķi – Kalnciemas dune ridge
Interfronte members picket at the Press House. January 1990. Latvian National History Museum
Former Press House building
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Boat trip in Ciecere lake by the boat “Zezer”
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Tome Evangelical Lutheran Church
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Linde Manor
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Klangu Hill
Former Susēja parish house. Photo: H. Bruņinieks
Former Susēja parish house, site of attack by national partisans on July 7, 1945
The farm today. Photo: Arnold Unt
Määritsa (Hindriku) battle site
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The site of the Rubeņš Battalion's battles on November 18, 1944
Photo: Aigars Prusis
World War II battle sites near Embute hillfort and church
Expedition in the ancient valley of Embūte

the opportunity to get to know the ancient cultural history of Embūte. Visiting Embūtes TIC expositions, Knights' Hill, Indus and Arias Oak, Church Ruins, Curonian Sword, Lookout Tower, Yoda Dam, Indus and Arya Sculptures, Yoda's Footstone, Pilskalns Spring, Curonian Mounds in a guided expedition.
"In the footsteps of Yoda." – 3.5 km long circular trail.
"In the footsteps of Indul and Arija" - a 5 km long circular trail.

Photo: Andris Jermuts
Ruins of Ķērkliņu church
Alina Borzenkaitė
Gudai Water Mill (battle site)
Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
Kauči or Old Pattern Pine
Photo: Muhu Museum
WWI Defense Ditches at Väike Väin Strait
A memorial plaque was installed at the site of Kļestrovs' death in 1935 at the intersection of the Liepāja Railway and the Liepāja-Grobina Highway.
Monument to Latvian Army Lieutenant Alfreds Klestrovs, battle site of the armoured train "Kalpaks"
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Pilsblidene Manor
LKTA set
Kalniškė Battle Site and Educational Trail
Photo: Jana Kalve
World War II battle sites in Krote
The former church of Pampali. Photo: Inga Krivcova
Pampali Church and the walls of the shot-up house
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Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church in Lēni
Photo: Andris Jermuts
Zvārde church ruins
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Tāšu - Padure Manor
Photo: sargs.lv
Rudbārži Manor Castle and memorial plaque to the 1st Latvian Separate Battalion
Memorial sign on Ložmetējkalns. Source: Latvian Rural Tourism Association "Lauku ceļotājs", author: Juris Smaļinskis.
Ložmetējkalns (Machine Gun Hill) in Tīreļpurvs Bog
Alina Borzenkaitė
Radviliškis windmill
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Trail and partisan memorial in Stompaki bog
Pūsēni Dune
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Egyptian Lutheran Church
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Timmkanal battle site
Photo: Uldis Neiburgs
The scene of the collision near the Chubu houses in Renda parish
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Virtual reality binoculars "Battle of Cēsis"