Āraiši Castle
Āraiši Castle is a castle in Drabešu pagasts, Cēsis Municipality. Āraiši Castle is situated nearby to Āraišu arheoloģiskais muzejparks, as well as near the archaeological site Āraiši lake fortress.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Āraiši lake fortress.
Āraiši lake fortress
Archaeological site
Photo: Edgars.sulcs, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Cēsis and Priekuļi.
Cēsis
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.
Priekuļi
Village
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Priekuļi is a village in Priekuļi Parish, Cēsis Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. It is situated 7 kilometres east of Cēsis and had 2,136 residents as of 2022. Priekuļi is situated 8 km northeast of Āraiši Castle.
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″ northLongitude
25.28385° or 25° 17′ 2″ eastOpen location code
9G97772M+5GOpenStreetMap ID
node 6985763609OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q20828803
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In Other Languages
From Estonian to Russian—“Āraiši Castle” goes by many names.
- Estonian: “Āraiši ordulinnus”
- German: “Schloss Arrasch”
- Latvian: “Āraišu ordeņa pils”
- Russian: “замок Арайши”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Āraišu arheoloģiskais muzejparks and Āraišu akmens un bronzas laikmeta ciemats.
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