Skatu tornis

Skatu tornis is a scenic viewpoint in Bauska Municipality, Latvia. Skatu tornis is situated nearby to Kurzemes hercoga rezidence, as well as near Bauska castle museum.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bauska castle museum and St. George’s Church, Bauska.

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.

St. George’s Church, Bauska

Church

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St. George's Church is a Latvian Orthodox church in Bauska, Latvia. In 1876 czarist authorities gifted a plot of land to the local Orthodox community which was established in 1856 and by 1881 numbered 95 people. St. George’s Church, Bauska is situated 660 metres east of Skatu tornis.

Roman Catholic church in Bauska

Church

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Roman Catholic church in Bauska is situated 700 metres northeast of Skatu tornis.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bauska and Saulaine.

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.