Zemitāna laukums Memorial site

Jorģis Zemitāns (1873–1928) – a graduate of the Vilnius military school, served in the army of the Russian Empire, was captured by the Germans during the First World War. Colonel of the Latvian Army, 3rd Class Knight of the Lāčplēš War Order, Knight of the Estonian Freedom Cross Order, Commander of the North Latvian Brigade during the Freedom Struggle. Skrīveru elementary school, streets in Riga, Skrīveros and Strenčos, a square and a railway station in Riga are named after him.
In 1995, a monument to J. Zemitān created by sculptor Gunta Zemīte and stonemasons Ivars Feldberg and Jānis Metuzāls was unveiled in the square surrounded by linden trees between Brīvības, Lielvārde and Zemitāna streets. Its position is not frontal, but diagonal in relation to the buildings and the approach road. The rainbow-like granite arch placed on the pedestal blocks forms the emblem of the independence struggle recognizable in the archers' cockades and breastplates - the motif of the rising sun. On the left side of the main facade, a dedication inscription is engraved on the pedestal: "Latvian army colonel Jorgis Zemitān". The 1.84m high monument is surrounded by a bed of carefully groomed, magnificently blooming flowers.