Brīvības piemineklis

Brīvības piemineklis is a memorial in Bauska Municipality, Latvia. Brīvības piemineklis is situated nearby to Bauska castle museum, as well as near Kurzemes hercoga rezidence.

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. Bauska castle museum is situated 260 metres southwest of Brīvības piemineklis.

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 370 metres east of Brīvības piemineklis.

Roman Catholic church in Bauska

Church

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Roman Catholic church in Bauska is situated 500 metres north of Brīvības piemineklis.

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.