Military Heritage Tourism - Fortifications

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Remains of trenches and bunkers
LKTA set
Blindages of the German Army Support Point in Tilžė Village
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Liepaja Fortress Middle Fort and Monument to the Soldiers of the Red Army
Saulkrasti trenches, 2020. Source: Riga Planning Region, author: Edgars Ražinskis.
Saulkrasti dougouts
Fire controll tower
Osmussaar fire control tower
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German army concrete fire point near the P 87 road
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The 180-mm Coastal Battery at Tahkuna No 316
Site of German army warehouses from World War II. Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
World War II German Army warehouse site
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Zemgale (Nikolai) Gate
Riga Castle. 2025. Photo: U. Neiburgs
Riga Castle
Fortifications at Mangalsala
Mangaļsala fortifications
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The Defence Line with 21 Machine Gun Bunkers (Sarve-Lehtma)
Railway bridge over the Mazo Jugla River, 2020. Source: Riga Planning Region, author: Edgars Ražinskis.
River trenches
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180-mm battery on Osmussaar (south)
Comet Fort
Comet Fort
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The German army's concrete fire point in the Kegum HPP reservoir near the Nega inlet
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Ristna coastal battery no.42 and radar station
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Liepaja Coast Defence Battery 23
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
Langa steep bank excavations, 2020. Source: Riga Planning Region, author: Edgars Ražinskis.
Langa's steep bank trenches
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Liepāja Northern Fort and Battery Nr.1 in Karosta
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Kaunas Ninth Fort Museum
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The remains of the German army's concrete fire point in the Ķegum HPP reservoir near Podnieki
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130-mm Coastal Battery No 44 at Tohvri (Hindu)
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Liepaja Fortress Battery No 6
Latvian rifle dungeons and trenches. Author of the photo: Edgars Ražinskis, 2020
Latvian riflemen positions and trenches in Tīreļi
Photo: Marko Poolamets, Estonian Memory Institute
Patarei Naval Fortress
Author Kati Aus
Coastal Battery No 43 at Sõrve Säär
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The 6-inch Coastal Battery at Lehtma
Daugavgrīva Fortress, 2021. Source: Riga Planning Region, photo by: Edgars Ražinskis.
Daugavgrīva Fortress
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Concrete fire point of the German army at the Ķegum HPP (in the Energy Museum on the territory)
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The remains of the German army's concrete fire point in the Ķegums HPP reservoir in front of Sidrabini
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The remains of the German army's concrete fire point in the Ķegums HPP reservoir in front of Jaundauglii
LKTA set
German army artillery positions in Kimbartiškė Village
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The remains of the concrete fire point of the German army on the shore of the Ķegum HPP reservoir in front of Silapūpēži
World War I fortification line in Olaine. Photo: Edgars Ražinskis. Source: Riga Planning Region.
World War I line of fortifications in Olaine
Bolderaja fortress
Coastal defence batteries at Bolderaja
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Concrete fire point of the German army on the shore of the Ķegum HPP near Pudurie
LKTA set
WWI German Army Blindage (Command Post)
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The bridge over Gauja and the trenches of the War of Independence on the Gauja nature trail
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.

 
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The 12-Inch Coastal Battery at Tahkuna (no 39)
LKTA set
Blindages of the Tilžė defence line
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130-mm battery on Osmussaar (middle)
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Corporal Narkēvic's trench
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German army concrete fire point on the shore of Ķegum HPP, east of Lejasgrantini
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120-mm Battery No 34 at Hindu (Sõru)
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The 130-mm Coastal Battery at Tahkuna No 26
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Concrete fire point of the German army at the top of the bank of the Ķegum HPP in front of Andulii
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Concrete fire point of the German army on the shore of the Ķegums HPP near Pludinatātii