Bastion Hill
Bastejkalns Park is a spacious park on the eastern edge of the old town of Latvian capital Riga.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: park in Riga, Latvia
- Also known as: “Bastejkalns Park”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Latvian War Museum and Freedom Monument.
Latvian War Museum
Museum
Photo: Alma Pater, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Latvian War Museum is a military museum in Riga, the capital of Latvia. The Latvian War Museum was established on 15 October 1916 as the Latvian Riflemen Battalion Museum.
Freedom Monument
Monument
The Freedom Monument is a monument located in Riga, Latvia, honouring soldiers killed during the Latvian War of Independence. It is considered an important symbol of the freedom, independence, and sovereignty of Latvia.
Riga Cathedral
Church
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Riga Cathedral formally The Cathedral Church of Saint Mary, is the Evangelical Lutheran cathedral in Riga, Latvia. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Riga.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vecrīga and Centrs.
Vecrīga
Old Riga — Vecrīga in Latvian — is the old town of Riga. Vecrīga is famous for its old churches and cathedrals, such as Riga Cathedral and St. Peter's Church. Vecrīga is one of two world heritage sites entirely situated in Latvia.
Centrs
Centrs is a district in Riga, right northeast of the old town. In addition to the official Centrs district, this article also includes the northwesternmost third of Maskavas Forstate, west of Lacplesa iela.
Ķīpsala
Suburb
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Ķīpsala is an island on the left bank of the Daugava river, connected to Riga city center and Pārdaugava by the Shroud Bridge. Ķīpsala is divided from the rest of Riga by the Daugava in the east, Roņu dīķis in the north, Zunda in the west and Agenskalna līcis in the south.
Bastion Hill
- Category: park
- Location: Riga, Riga region, Latvia, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
56.95189° or 56° 57′ 7″ northLongitude
24.11038° or 24° 6′ 37″ eastElevation
16 metres (52 feet)Open location code
9G86X426+Q5OpenStreetMap ID
node 520014852OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityWikidata ID
Q810581
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Swedish—“Bastion Hill” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Basteiberg (Riga)”
- Danish: “Bastionsbjerget (Riga)”
- Danish: “Bastionsbjerget”
- French: “canal de verdure”
- French: “Canal de verdure”
- German: “Basteiberg”
- Latvian: “Bastejkalns”
- Lithuanian: “Bastiono kalva”
- Polish: “Wzgórze Bastionowe”
- Russian: “Бастионная горка”
- Swedish: “Bastejkalns”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bastejkalna parks and 1991. gada barikāžu laukums.
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