Military Heritage Tourism - Fortifications

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130-mm battery on Osmussaar (middle)
Photo: Marko Poolamets, Estonian Memory Institute
Patarei Naval Fortress
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German army concrete fire point on the banks of the Ķegums HPP near Puduri
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German army concrete fire point on the P 87 road
LKTA set
WWI German Army Blindage (Command Post)
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The 12-Inch Coastal Battery at Tahkuna (no 39)
LKTA set
German army artillery positions in Kimbartiškė Village
To the north of the Southern Fort is Liepāja's largest cemetery - Central. In the southern part of the cemetery, a fraternal cemetery of Red Army soldiers has been established, where Soviet soldiers who fell in the Liepāja area are reburied, including the commander of the 67th Rifle Division, Major General Nikolajs Dedayevs, who led the defense of Liepāja in June 1941.
Liepaja Fortress South Fort and monument to N. Dedaev, commander of the 67th Rifle Division of the Red Army
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180-mm battery on Osmussaar (south)
Latvian rifle dungeons and trenches. Author of the photo: Edgars Ražinskis, 2020
Latvian riflemen positions and trenches in Tīreļi
Langa steep bank excavations, 2020. Source: Riga Planning Region, author: Edgars Ražinskis.
Langa's steep bank trenches
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Remains of a German army concrete fire point at the Kegums HPP reservoir near Podnieki
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130-mm Coastal Battery No 44 at Tohvri (Hindu)
Photo of Kaunas Fortress Park, Public Institution
Fort I of Kaunas Fortress
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Liepaja Fortress Middle Fort and Monument to the Soldiers of the Red Army
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The Defence Line with 21 Machine Gun Bunkers (Sarve-Lehtma)
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Bridge over the Gauja River and the Trenches of the War of Independence on the Gauja Nature Trail
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German army concrete fire point on the upper bank of the Ķegums HPP opposite Anduli
Photo of Vytautas the Great War Museum
Fort VI of Kaunas Fortress
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Kaunas Ninth Fort Museum
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The 180-mm Coastal Battery at Tahkuna No 316
Bolderaja fortress
Coastal defence batteries at Bolderaja
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Remains of trenches and bunkers
Fortifications at Mangalsala
Mangaļsala fortifications
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Liepaja Fortress Battery No 6
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Remains of a German army concrete fire point in the Ķegums HPP reservoir opposite Sidrabiņi
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Remains of a German army concrete fire point at the Kegums HPP reservoir opposite Jaundauguļi
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Zemgale (Nikolai) Gate
Fort V of Kaunas Fortress
Photo of Kaunas Fortress Park, Public Institution
Fort VIII of Kaunas Fortress
Fire controll tower
Osmussaar fire control tower
Photo of Kaunas Fortress Park, Public Institution
Fort IV of Kaunas Fortress
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Remains of a German army concrete fire point on the shore of the Ķegums HPP reservoir opposite Silapūpėžys
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Corporal Narkēvic's trench
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Liepāja Northern Fort and Battery Nr.1 in Karosta
Keguma HES dots
German army concrete fire point at Ķegums HPP (in the territory of the Energy Museum)
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120-mm Battery No 34 at Hindu (Sõru)
German Wall. Autumn 2025. Photo: Juris Smaļinskis
German rampart
Photo: Alise Luse
The Redan, Karosta
Mystery Island REDAN

Mystery island REDANS – a fun game for groups with staging a play, orientation, ingenuity and dexterity tasks, learning new knowledge.

Redans

Redan is part of the tsarist fortress built at the end of the 19th century, where fierce battles took place in 1919 defending Liepāja against Bermont's troops. Now in Redana it is possible to get acquainted with the history of Karosta, Liepaja fortress and the heroic defense of Liepaja in 1919.

 
World War I fortification line in Olaine. Photo: Edgars Ražinskis. Source: Riga Planning Region.
World War I fortification line in Olaine
Photo of Kaunas Fortress Park, Public Institution
Fort II of Kaunas Fortress
Saulkrasti trenches, 2020. Source: Riga Planning Region, author: Edgars Ražinskis.
Saulkrasti dougouts
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The 6-inch Coastal Battery at Lehtma
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Coastal Battery No 43 at Sõrve Säär
Site of German army warehouses from World War II. Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
Site of German Army warehouses from World War II
Daugavgrīva Fortress, 2021. Source: Riga Planning Region, photo by: Edgars Ražinskis.
Daugavgrīva Fortress
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Liepaja Coast Defence Battery 23
Fort III of Kaunas Fortress
LKTA set
Blindages of the German Army Support Point in Tilžė Village
Railway bridge over the Mazo Jugla River, 2020. Source: Riga Planning Region, author: Edgars Ražinskis.
River Valley Trench
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German army concrete fire point on the banks of the Ķegums HPP near Pludinātijai
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Ristna coastal battery no.42 and radar station
Riga Castle. 2025. Photo: U. Neiburgs
Riga Castle
Comet Fort
Comet Fort
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The 130-mm Coastal Battery at Tahkuna No 26
LKTA set
Blindages of the Tilžė defence line
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German army concrete fire point at the Ķegums HPP reservoir at the mouth of the Žega River
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German army concrete fire point on the bank of the Ķegums HPP east of Lejasgrantiņi