Bauskas Lejas Dzirnavezers

Bauskas Lejas Dzirnavezers is a lake in Bauska Municipality, Latvia. Bauskas Lejas Dzirnavezers is situated nearby to the suburb Elektriķi, as well as near the village Lepšas.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bauska Church of the Holy Spirit and Roman Catholic church in Bauska.

Bauska Church of the Holy Spirit

Church

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Church of the Holy Spirit is a Lutheran church and the oldest existing building in Bauska, Latvia. Built between 1591 and 1594 for the needs of the city's Baltic German population.

Roman Catholic church in Bauska

Church

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Bauska castle museum

Museum

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Bauska Castle is a complex consisting of the ruins of an earlier castle and a later palace on the outskirts of the Latvian city of Bauska. While originally a hill fort, the Livonian branch of the Teutonic Knights built the castle in the fifteenth century, the palace was added in the sixteenth century, and restoration began in the nineteenth century.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bauska and Mūsa.

Bauska

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Bauska is a town in Zemgale, 66 km from Riga and 20 km from the Lithuanian border, at the confluence of the Mūsa and Mēmele rivers where they form the Lielupe river.