Military Heritage Tourism - Fortifications

Author Kati Aus
Coastal Battery No 43 at Sõrve Säär
Photo of Vytautas the Great War Museum
Fort VI of Kaunas Fortress
225 Tohvri 130mm patarei MM
130-mm Coastal Battery No 44 at Tohvri (Hindu)
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German army concrete fire point on the bank of the Ķegums HPP east of Lejasgrantiņi
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Liepāja Northern Fort and Battery Nr.1 in Karosta
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Liepaja Fortress Battery No 6
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Ristna coastal battery no.42 and radar station
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Corporal Narkēvic's trench
242 Tohvri 120mm patarei MM
120-mm Battery No 34 at Hindu (Sõru)
Fortifications at Mangalsala
Mangaļsala fortifications
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Zemgale (Nikolai) Gate
German Wall. Autumn 2025. Photo: Juris Smaļinskis
German rampart
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Remains of a German army concrete fire point at the Kegums HPP reservoir opposite Jaundauguļi
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Remains of a German army concrete fire point at the Kegums HPP reservoir near Podnieki
Langa steep bank excavations, 2020. Source: Riga Planning Region, author: Edgars Ražinskis.
Langa's steep bank trenches
LKTA set
WWI German Army Blindage (Command Post)
LKTA set
German army artillery positions in Kimbartiškė 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
119 Tahkuna 180mm patarei MM
The 180-mm Coastal Battery at Tahkuna No 316
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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
Riga Castle. 2025. Photo: U. Neiburgs
Riga Castle
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Bridge over the Gauja River and the Trenches of the War of Independence on the Gauja Nature Trail
Site of German army warehouses from World War II. Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
Site of German Army warehouses from World War II
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
Photo of Kaunas Fortress Park, Public Institution
Fort VIII of Kaunas Fortress
Photo: Juris Smaļinskis
Coastal Defense Battery No. 7 ("American Battery")
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Remains of trenches and bunkers
090 Tahkuna 12 tolline patarei MM
The 12-Inch Coastal Battery at Tahkuna (no 39)
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.

 
Fire controll tower
Osmussaar fire control tower
Photo: Marko Poolamets, Estonian Memory Institute
Patarei Naval Fortress
LKTA set
Blindages of the Tilžė defence line
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180-mm battery on Osmussaar (south)
Photo of Kaunas Fortress Park, Public Institution
Fort IV of Kaunas Fortress
131 Tahkuna 130mm patarei MM
The 130-mm Coastal Battery at Tahkuna No 26
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German army concrete fire point at the Ķegums HPP reservoir at the mouth of the Žega River
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
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130-mm battery on Osmussaar (middle)
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Kaunas Ninth Fort Museum
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Liepaja Coast Defence Battery 23
207 Sarve Lehtma kaitseliin MM
The Defence Line with 21 Machine Gun Bunkers (Sarve-Lehtma)
Comet Fort
Comet Fort
Bolderaja fortress
Coastal defence batteries at Bolderaja
Keguma HES dots
German army concrete fire point at Ķegums HPP (in the territory of the Energy Museum)
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Remains of a German army concrete fire point on the shore of the Ķegums HPP reservoir opposite Silapūpėžys
Photo of Kaunas Fortress Park, Public Institution
Fort I of Kaunas Fortress
LKTA set
Blindages of the German Army Support Point in Tilžė Village
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Remains of a German army concrete fire point in the Ķegums HPP reservoir opposite Sidrabiņi
164 Lehtma 6 tolline patarei MM
The 6-inch Coastal Battery at Lehtma
Photo: Juris Smaļinskis
Coastal defense battery 10 B
Daugavgrīva Fortress, 2021. Source: Riga Planning Region, photo by: Edgars Ražinskis.
Daugavgrīva Fortress
Fort III of Kaunas Fortress
Railway bridge over the Mazo Jugla River, 2020. Source: Riga Planning Region, author: Edgars Ražinskis.
River Valley Trench
Fort V of Kaunas Fortress
Latvian rifle dungeons and trenches. Author of the photo: Edgars Ražinskis, 2020
Latvian riflemen positions and trenches in Tīreļi
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German army concrete fire point on the banks of the Ķegums HPP near Pludinātijai
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German army concrete fire point on the upper bank of the Ķegums HPP opposite Anduli