Military Heritage Tourism - Fortifications

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Zemgale (Nikolai) Gate
Langa steep bank excavations, 2020. Source: Riga Planning Region, author: Edgars Ražinskis.
Langa's steep bank trenches
242 Tohvri 120mm patarei MM
120-mm Battery No 34 at Hindu (Sõru)
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The 12-Inch Coastal Battery at Tahkuna (no 39)
Riga Castle. 2025. Photo: U. Neiburgs
Riga Castle
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German army concrete fire point on the bank of the Ķegums HPP east of Lejasgrantiņi
LKTA set
WWI German Army Blindage (Command Post)
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Liepaja Fortress Middle Fort and Monument to the Soldiers of the Red Army
Fort V of Kaunas Fortress
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Kaunas Ninth Fort Museum
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Liepāja Northern Fort and Battery Nr.1 in Karosta
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German army concrete fire point on the upper bank of the Ķegums HPP opposite Anduli
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Bridge over the Gauja River and the Trenches of the War of Independence on the Gauja Nature Trail
Photo: Marko Poolamets, Estonian Memory Institute
Patarei Naval Fortress
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Coastal Battery No 43 at Sõrve Säär
Fire controll tower
Osmussaar fire control tower
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Liepaja Fortress Battery No 6
World War I fortification line in Olaine. Photo: Edgars Ražinskis. Source: Riga Planning Region.
World War I fortification line in Olaine
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Remains of a German army concrete fire point at the Kegums HPP reservoir opposite Jaundauguļi
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German army concrete fire point on the banks of the Ķegums HPP near Puduri
Comet Fort
Comet Fort
Site of German army warehouses from World War II. Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
Site of German Army warehouses from World War II
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German army concrete fire point on the banks of the Ķegums HPP near Pludinātijai
LKTA set
Blindages of the Tilžė defence line
Photo of Kaunas Fortress Park, Public Institution
Fort I of Kaunas Fortress
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The Defence Line with 21 Machine Gun Bunkers (Sarve-Lehtma)
Photo of Kaunas Fortress Park, Public Institution
Fort VIII of Kaunas Fortress
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)
LKTA set
Blindages of the German Army Support Point in Tilžė Village
German Wall. Autumn 2025. Photo: Juris Smaļinskis
German rampart
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 Vytautas the Great War Museum
Fort VI of Kaunas Fortress
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Remains of trenches and bunkers
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130-mm battery on Osmussaar (middle)
Daugavgrīva Fortress, 2021. Source: Riga Planning Region, photo by: Edgars Ražinskis.
Daugavgrīva Fortress
Photo of Kaunas Fortress Park, Public Institution
Fort IV of Kaunas Fortress
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Ristna coastal battery no.42 and radar station
Saulkrasti trenches, 2020. Source: Riga Planning Region, author: Edgars Ražinskis.
Saulkrasti dougouts
Latvian rifle dungeons and trenches. Author of the photo: Edgars Ražinskis, 2020
Latvian riflemen positions and trenches in Tīreļi
Fortifications at Mangalsala
Mangaļsala fortifications
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 P 87 road
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German army concrete fire point at the Ķegums HPP reservoir at the mouth of the Žega River
LKTA set
German army artillery positions in Kimbartiškė Village
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Liepaja Coast Defence Battery 23
164 Lehtma 6 tolline patarei MM
The 6-inch Coastal Battery at Lehtma
225 Tohvri 130mm patarei MM
130-mm Coastal Battery No 44 at Tohvri (Hindu)
131 Tahkuna 130mm patarei MM
The 130-mm Coastal Battery at Tahkuna No 26
119 Tahkuna 180mm patarei MM
The 180-mm Coastal Battery at Tahkuna No 316
Photo of Kaunas Fortress Park, Public Institution
Fort II 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
Fort III of Kaunas Fortress
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Remains of a German army concrete fire point at the Kegums HPP reservoir near Podnieki
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Corporal Narkēvic's trench
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180-mm battery on Osmussaar (south)
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Remains of a German army concrete fire point in the Ķegums HPP reservoir opposite Sidrabiņi
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.