Āraiši Castle

Āraiši Castle is a castle in Drabešu pagasts, Cēsis Municipality. Āraiši Castle is situated nearby to Āraiši lake fortress Archaeological Park, as well as near Reconstructions of dwellings from the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Āraiši lake fortress.

Āraiši lake fortress

Archaeological site

Āraiši lake fortress

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Āraiši lake fortress is an archeological museum with original and reconstructed remnants of Latvian prehistory. It is a unique nationally important archaeological site with remains of the 9th–10th centuries Latgalian lake fortress. Āraiši lake fortress is situated 180 metres northwest of Āraiši Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Drabeši and Kārļi.

Drabeši

Village

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Drabeši is a village in Drabeši Parish, Cēsis Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia.

Kārļi

Village

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Kārļi is a village, which is situated 4½ km west of Āraiši Castle.

Cēsis

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Cēsis is a town in Gauja National Park, in the Vidzeme region of Latvia, on the Gauja river, roughly 100 km to the east of the capital Riga.

Āraiši Castle

Type: Castle
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Drabešu pagasts, Cēsis Municipality, Latvia, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude

57.25038° or 57° 15′ 1″ north

Longitude

25.28385° or 25° 17′ 2″ east

Open location code

9G97772M+5G

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6985763609

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=castle

Wikidata ID

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In Other Languages

From Estonian to Russian—“Āraiši Castle” goes by many names.

Estonian: “Āraiši ordulinnus”
German: “Steinburg Arrasch”
Latvian: “Āraišu ordeņa pils”
Russian: “замок Арайши”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Āraiši lake fortress Archaeological Park and Reconstructions of dwellings from the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages.

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