Memorial sign at the founding site of the Cēsis Regiment School Company
Memorial site
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Located at Leona Paegles Street 1, next to the red brick facade.
The author of the memorial is the artist Solveiga Vasiljeva, and the idea is based on a flower bud motif. According to the artist, it symbolizes the newly formed personalities - students who have to make an important, responsible and harsh decision in their still short life.
In the form of a memorial, the outer petals of the flower bud are made of geometric, sharp corners, in contrast to the gentle, rounded inside of the bud. The height of the memorial is up to 1.5 m. The memorial was unveiled on May 26, 2011 in Valmiera, the place where the orchestra of the Cēsis Regiment was formed in 1919.
The contours of Latvia are made of artificial cobblestones, on which a plate with the flag and text of the Cēsis Regiment Students' Association is placed:
"At this place on May 26, 1919
Cēsis Regiment Student 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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