Daugavpils
Daugavpils is the second largest city in Latvia, after Riga. It is a delightfully charming, spacious and green city. Despite its quaint atmosphere and low prices, the city offers modern conveniences and services.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Daugavpils Station and დაუგავპილსის წმინდა ბორისისა და გლების საკათედრო ტაძარი.
Daugavpils Station
Railway station
Photo: Alma Pater, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Daugavpils Station is the main railway station serving the city of Daugavpils in south-eastern Latvia. The station is an important railway junction, which is the terminus of the Riga–Daugavpils and Daugavpils–Indra railway lines.
დაუგავპილსის წმინდა ბორისისა და გლების საკათედრო ტაძარი
Church
Photo: Glossologist, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Saints Boris and Gleb Cathedral is the main Orthodox church in Daugavpils, Latvia. It can hold 5,000 people, being the biggest Orthodox church in Latvia.
Daugavpils Fortress
Castle
Photo: Peteraleks, Public domain.
Daugavpils Fortress, also known as Dinaburg Fortress or Dvinsk Fortress, is an early 19th century fortress in Daugavpils, Latvia. It is the only early 19th century military fortification of its kind in Northern Europe that has been preserved without significant alterations.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kalkūni and Čerepova.
Kalkūni
Village
Kalkūni is the biggest village and the administrative centre of Kalkūne Parish in Augšdaugava Municipality in the Selonia region of Latvia. From 2009 until 2021, it was part of the former Daugavpils Municipality. Kalkūni is situated 5 km southwest of Daugavpils.
Daugavpils
- Historically known as: “Borisoglebsk”, “Dinaburg”, and “Dvinsk”
- Location: Latvia, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
55.8814° or 55° 52′ 53″ northLongitude
26.5389° or 26° 32′ 20″ eastPopulation
77,800Elevation
105 metres (344 feet)Open location code
9G78VGJQ+HHGeoNames ID
460414
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yiddish—“Daugavpils” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “داوغافبيلس”
- Azerbaijani: “Dauqavpils”
- Bashkir: “Даугавпилс”
- Belarusian: “Даўгаўпілс”
- Bulgarian: “Даугавпилс”
- Chechen: “Даугавпилс”
- Chinese: “陶格夫匹尔斯”
- Chuvash: “Даугавпилс”
- Eastern Mari: “Даугавпилс”
- Egyptian Arabic: “دوجافيلس”
- Estonian: “Väinalinn”
- Finnish: “Väinänlinna”
- Georgian: “დაუგავპილსი”
- German: “Dünaburg”
- Gothic: “𐌳𐌰𐍅𐌲𐌰𐍅𐍀𐌹𐌻𐍃”
- Greek: “Ντάουγκαβπιλς”
- Hebrew: “דאוגבפילס”
- Japanese: “ダウガフピルス”
- Kazakh: “Даугавпилс”
- Korean: “다우가프필스”
- Latgalian: “Daugpiļs”
- Latin: “Dunaburgum”
- Latin: “Duneborch”
- Latin: “Duneburgum”
- Latvian: “Daugavpils”
- Lithuanian: “Daugpilis”
- Macedonian: “Даугавпилс”
- Marathi: “दौगौपिल्स”
- Persian: “دوگاپیلس”
- Polish: “Dyneburg”
- Polish: “Dzwinów”
- Polish: “Dźwińsk”
- Russian: “Борисоглебск” (historical)
- Russian: “Даугавпилс”
- Russian: “Двинск” (historical)
- Rusyn: “Дауґавпілс”
- Samogitian: “Daugpėlis”
- Serbian: “Даугавпилс”
- Tatar: “Даугавпилс”
- Ukrainian: “Даугавпілс”
- Yiddish: “דענענבורג”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Old Believers Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos in Daugavpils and Vecie Ebreju Kapi.
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