Sigulda

Sigulda is administratively in the , however culturally a part of the Vidzeme region. It is a resort town just over an hour from Riga by train, featuring a wooded river valley containing forest walks, cable car, bobsleigh track, three castles and a former times rehabilitation centre featuring a hostel, all of which is manageable as a day visitor on foot.
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  • Type: Town with 14,800 residents
  • Description: city and capital of Sigulda Municipality, Latvia
  • Also known as: “Segewold” and “Zēgevolde”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sigulda Castle and Sigulda.

Manor estate
Photo: Pudelek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, also known as Sigulda New Castle, is a castle in Sigulda, in the region of . It was built in 1878 in the Neo-Gothic style as a residence for the owners of the manor, the Kropotkin family.

Railway station
Photo: Эдуард Егоров, CC BY 4.0.
is a railway station.

Castle
Photo: Draceane, CC BY-SA 4.0.
ruins are located on the edge of the Gauja valley in the region of . The original castle was built in 1207 as a castellum type fortress, later rebuilt into a convent type building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gütmanis (Gutmann) Cave and Turaida.

Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Gutman's Cave is the widest and highest in the Baltic countries, located by the Gauja River in the area known as the ancient Gauja valley in the Gauja National Park near Sigulda, .

Village
Photo: J. Sedols, CC BY 3.0.
is a village, which is situated 3½ km north of Sigulda.

Sigulda

Latitude
57.1541° or 57° 9′ 15″ north
Longitude
24.8567° or 24° 51′ 24″ east
Population
14,800
Elevation
100 metres (328 feet)
United Nations Location Code
LV SGD
Open location code
9G965V34+JM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29457480
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
455718
Wiki­data ID
Q465698
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Sigulda” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Sigulda”
  • Arabic: “سيغولدا”
  • Armenian: “Սիգուլդա”
  • Basque: “Segewold”
  • Basque: “Sigulda”
  • Belarusian: “Сігулда”
  • Bulgarian: “Сигулда”
  • Catalan: “Segewold”
  • Catalan: “Sigulda”
  • Cebuano: “Sigulda (kapital sa munisipyo sa Latvia)”
  • Cebuano: “Sigulda”
  • Chinese: “錫古爾達”
  • Chinese: “锡古尔达”
  • Czech: “Sigulda”
  • Danish: “Sigulda”
  • Dutch: “Segewold”
  • Dutch: “Sigulda”
  • Esperanto: “Segewold”
  • Esperanto: “Sigulda”
  • Esperanto: “Siguldas novads”
  • Estonian: “Segewolde”
  • Estonian: “Sigulda”
  • Finnish: “Sigulda”
  • French: “Segewold”
  • French: “Sigulda”
  • Georgian: “სიგულდა”
  • German: “Segewold”
  • German: “Sigulda”
  • German: “Siguldas novads”
  • Greek: “Σιγκούλντα”
  • Haitian: “Sigulda”
  • Hebrew: “סיגולדה”
  • Hungarian: “Sigulda”
  • Interlingue: “Sigulda”
  • Italian: “Segewold”
  • Italian: “Sigulda”
  • Japanese: “スィグルダ”
  • Kazakh: “Sïgwlda”
  • Kazakh: “Сигулда”
  • Kazakh: “سىيگۋلدا”
  • Korean: “시굴다”
  • Latin: “Sigulda”
  • Latin: “Sygewaldense castellum”
  • Latvian: “Segewold”
  • Latvian: “Sigulda”
  • Latvian: “Siguldas pilsēta”
  • Lithuanian: “Sigulda”
  • Luxembourgish: “Sigulda”
  • Moksha: “Сигулда”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sigulda”
  • Norwegian: “Sigulda”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Segewold”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Sigulda”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Sigulda”
  • Persian: “سیگولدا”
  • Polish: “Sigulda”
  • Polish: “Zygwold”
  • Portuguese: “Segewold”
  • Portuguese: “Sigulda”
  • Romanian: “Sigulda”
  • Russian: “Зегевольд”
  • Russian: “Сигулда”
  • Samogitian: “Sėgolda”
  • Scots: “Sigulda”
  • Serbian: “Sigulda”
  • Serbian: “Сигулда”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sigulda”
  • Slovak: “Sigulda”
  • Spanish: “Segewold”
  • Spanish: “Sigulda”
  • Swedish: “Sigulda”
  • Turkish: “Sigulda”
  • Ukrainian: “Сигулда”
  • Ukrainian: “Сігулда”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Segewold”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Sigulda”
  • Volapük: “Sigulda”
  • Võro: “Sigulda”
  • Welsh: “Sigulda”
  • “Sėgolda”
  • “Sigulda”

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