Memorial sign at the site of the founding of the Cēsis Regiment's Student Company
Memorial site
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Located at Leona Paegles Street 1, near the facade of a red brick building.
The author of the memorial is artist Solveiga Vasiļjeva, and the idea is based on the motif of a flower bud. As the artist points out, it symbolizes personalities that have just begun to form – students who must make an important, responsible and tough decision in their still short lives.
In the form of the memorial, the outer petals of the flower bud are designed geometric, with sharp corners, in contrast with the soft, rounded ones inside the bud. The height of the memorial is up to 1.5m. The memorial was unveiled on May 26, 2011 in Valmiera, at the place where the Cēsis Regiment cadet company was formed in 1919.
The outlines of Latvia are laid out from artificial paving stones, on which a plaque with the flag of the Cēsis Regiment's Pupils' Company and the text is placed lying down:
"In this place on May 26, 1919
"Cēsis Regiment School Company" was founded
Used sources and references:
https://www.eliesma.lv/maija-beigas-valmiera-atklas-pieminas-zimi-cesu-pulka-skolnieku-rotai
https://karavirukapi.blogspot.com/2020/05/valmiera-pieminas-zime-cesu-pulka.html
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