World War I battlefields Infrastructure
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Medumi, Latvia
During the First World War, the so-called "Life and Death" front line was located in Daugavpils region for several years, where a complex system of fortifications was built. To this day, innumerable concrete bunkers, cannon and ammunition depots, trenches and cemeteries of soldiers on both sides of the front have been preserved in the forests of Svente and Medumi parishes.
In February 2023, the World War I Museum will be opened in Medumos. The second, private museum is already operating. Marked bicycle route no. 790 for World War 1 bunkers in Meduma, Demenes parishes and Zarasi district.