I Maailmasõda, I Maailmasõda ja iseseisvumine, Independence of the Baltic States, II Maailmasõda, III Metsavendade liikumine, IV Nõukogude okupatsioon, Restored Independence

The Great Cross-Border Route – Military Heritage of Latvia and Lithuania in 100 Years

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Latvia: Kurzeme; Lithuania: Pajūris, Žemaitija, Aukštaitija, Dzūkija
Kestvus: 6 päeva
Jelgava – Eleja – Joniškis – Šiauliai – Radviliškis – Ariogala – Kaunas – Vilnius – Molėtai – Utena – Ignalina – Turmantas – Zarasai – Medumi – Svente – Daugavpils – Jēkabpils – Pļaviņas – Salaspils – Rīg

The route connects two capital cities – Riga and Vilnius – as well as two major cities outside the capital cities of Lithuania and Latvia – Kaunas and Daugavpils – passing through five historical regions. On the route, you may visit the most important military sites bearing evidence of the historical events of the last century and the beginning of this one. This is a continuation of “The Great Cross-Border Route – Military Heritage of Latvia and Estonia over 100 Years”, which covers Estonia and Latvia (Vidzeme, Kurzeme). This route, or parts thereof, can be connected to the following routes in Latvia and Lithuania: “Military heritage along the Iron Curtain”, “Scenes of Soviet Lithuania”, “World War I and the Wars of Independence in Southern Latvia”, “The Sites of Battles of Latvian and Lithuanian National Partisans – the Forest Brothers”, “World War II and its Aftermath – Soviet Occupation in Southern Latvia and Latgale”, “Partisan Roads and Trails in Aukštaitija”, “Latgale – the Eastern Border of Latvia”.

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On the route, you will be able to explore collections, museums, monuments and memo rials, climb the restored tower of Jelgava Holy Trinity Church, visit the dugouts of national partisans, as well as bunkers spe cifically designed for nuclear threats, visit the former Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant, climb the unique shot casting tower of the Daugavpils Lead Shot Factory and visit one of Europe’s most impressive military fortresses – Daugavpils Fortress.