Turaida Castle
Turaida Castle is a recently reconstructed medieval castle in Turaida, in the Vidzeme region of Latvia, on the opposite bank of the Gauja River from Sigulda.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Pudelek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Turaida Evangelical Lutheran Church and Krimuldas castle.
Krimuldas castle
Castle
Photo: Lazdynas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Krimulda Castle is located just outside Sigulda, Sigulda Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia and is a tourist attraction. The castle dates from the 14th century and was destroyed in a war in 1601.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Turaida and Gütmanis (Gutmann) Cave.
Gütmanis (Gutmann) Cave
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Gutman's Cave is the widest and highest cave in the Baltic countries, located by the Gauja River in the area known as the ancient Gauja valley in the Gauja National Park near Sigulda, Latvia.
Sigulda
Photo: Laima Gūtmane (simka…, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sigulda is administratively in the Riga region, however culturally a part of the Vidzeme region. It is a resort town just over an hour from Riga by train, featuring a wooded river valley containing forest walks, cable car, bobsleigh track, three castles and a former times rehabilitation centre featuring a hostel, all of which is manageable as a day visitor on foot.
Turaida Castle
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Myza Turaida”, “Turaidas Muiža”, and “Turayda”
- Category: castle
- Location: Krimuldas pagasts, Sigulda Municipality, Latvia, Baltic states, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Turaida Castle” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Турайдзкі замак”
- Belarusian: “Турайдскі замак”
- Catalan: “Castell de Turaida”
- Chinese: “圖雷達城堡”
- Czech: “Turaida”
- Danish: “Turaida Borg”
- Estonian: “Turaida linnus”
- Estonian: “Turaida loss”
- Estonian: “Turaida piiskopilinnus”
- Finnish: “Turaidan linna”
- Finnish: “Turaidas pils”
- German: “Burg Treyden”
- German: “Burg Turaida”
- German: “Treyden”
- German: “Turaidos Pilis”
- Latin: “Thoreda”
- Latvian: “Turaidas pils”
- Lithuanian: “Turaidos pilis”
- Polish: “Zamek Turaida”
- Russian: “Замок Торейда”
- Russian: “Замок Турайда”
- Russian: “Замок Турейда”
- Russian: “Турайда”
- Russian: “Турайдский замок”
- Slovenian: “Grad Turaida”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Turaida”
- Swedish: “Turaida slott”
- Swedish: “Turaidas pils”
- Ukrainian: “Турайдський замок”
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Notable Places Nearby
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