World War I and the Wars of Independence in Southern Latvia
The route passes through the southern part of Latvia, ap proaching the Lithuanian border, and stretches from the extreme west – Liepāja – to the south-east – Daugavpils, the second largest city in Latvia. The route is themed around World War I and the subsequent Latvian War of Independ ence. This route, or a part thereof, can be connected to the following routes in Lithuania: “Legacy of the Cold War and Soviet Occupation in Žemaitija”, or “The Scenes of Soviet Lithuania”, or “The Military heritage along the Iron Curtain”.
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On the route, you will have the opportunity to embrace the unique military town of Ka rosta (Military Port of Liepāja) with its multiple former military objects, “experience” Karosta Prison, visit the coastal de fence batteries and battle sites of the legendary Colonel Oskars Kalpaks and his battalion during the Latvian War of Independence, walk through the sites of the Christmas Bat tle described by A. Grīns in his novel Dvēseļu Putenis (Blizzard of Souls), climb the Ložmetējkalns observation tower, drive through the Sēlija region and learn about the narrow-gauge railway network built by the German Army, as well as experi ence the everyday life of a soldier in the First World War.