Military Heritage Tourism - Fortifications

Foto: Alise Lūse
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.

 
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)
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German army concrete fire point on the shore of Ķegum HPP, east of Lejasgrantini
Fire controll tower
Osmussaar fire control tower
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180-mm battery on Osmussaar (south)
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Liepaja Fortress Middle Fort and Monument to the Soldiers of the Red Army
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Remains of trenches and bunkers
Daugavgrīvas cietoksnis, 2021. Avots: Rīgas plānošanas reģions, foto autors: Edgars Ražinskis.
Daugavgrīva Fortress
Bolderaja fortress
Coastal defence batteries at Bolderaja
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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
Pirmā pasaules kara nocietinājumu līnija Olainē. Foto: Edgars Ražinskis. Avots: Rīgas plānošanas reģions.
World War I line of fortifications in Olaine
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Liepaja Coast Defence Battery 23
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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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Liepāja Northern Fort and Battery Nr.1 in Karosta
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The German army's concrete fire point in the Kegum HPP reservoir near the Nega inlet
Comet Fort
Comet Fort
207 Sarve Lehtma kaitseliin MM
The Defence Line with 21 Machine Gun Bunkers (Sarve-Lehtma)
Fortifications at Mangalsala
Mangaļsala fortifications
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Corporal Narkēvic's trench
LKTA rinkinys
Blindages of the Tilžė defence line
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The remains of the German army's concrete fire point in the Ķegums HPP reservoir in front of Jaundauglii
LKTA rinkinys
Blindages of the German Army Support Point in Tilžė Village
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130-mm battery on Osmussaar (middle)
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Kaunas Ninth Fort Museum
LKTA rinkinys
German army artillery positions in Kimbartiškė Village
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Ristna coastal battery no.42 and radar station
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Concrete fire point of the German army on the shore of the Ķegum HPP near Pudurie
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German army concrete fire point near the P 87 road
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The 12-Inch Coastal Battery at Tahkuna (no 39)
Saulkrastu ierakumi, 2020. Avots: Rīgas plānošanas reģions, autors: Edgars Ražinskis.
Saulkrasti dougouts
LKTA rinkinys
WWI German Army Blindage (Command Post)
Keguma HES dots
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 concrete fire point of the German army on the shore of the Ķegum HPP reservoir in front of Silapūpēži
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Zemgale (Nikolai) Gate
II pasaules kara vācu armijas noliktavu vieta. Avots: Gita Memmēna, Vidzemes tūrisma asociācija
World War II German Army warehouse site
Dzelzceļa tilts pār Mazo Juglu, 2020. Avots: Rīgas plānošanas reģions, autors: Edgars Ražinskis.
River trenches
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Coastal Battery No 43 at Sõrve Säär
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The remains of the German army's concrete fire point in the Ķegums HPP reservoir in front of Sidrabini
Foto: Marko Poolamets, Eesti Mälu Instituut
Patarei Naval Fortress
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The bridge over Gauja and the trenches of the War of Independence on the Gauja nature trail
Langas stāvkrasta ierakumi, 2020. Avots: Rīgas plānošanas reģions, autors: Edgars Ražinskis.
Langa's steep bank trenches
Uz ziemeļiem no Dienvidu forta atrodas Liepājas lielākā kapsēta – Centrālā. Kapsētas dienvidu daļā izveidoti Sarkanās armijas karavīru brāļu kapi, kuros pārapbedīti Liepājas apkārtnē kritušie padomju karavīri, tajā skaitā 67. strēlnieku divīzijas komandieris ģenerālmajors Nikolajs Dedajevs, kurš vadīja Liepājas aizsardzību 1941. gada jūnijā.
Liepaja Fortress South Fort and monument to N. Dedaev, commander of the 67th Rifle Division of the Red Army
242 Tohvri 120mm patarei MM
120-mm Battery No 34 at Hindu (Sõru)
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Concrete fire point of the German army on the shore of the Ķegums HPP near Pludinatātii
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
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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