Monument to the sailors and fishermen perished in the sea
Monument to the sailors and fishermen lost at sea is a notable modern monument and a sightseeing place in Liepāja, Latvia. The monument was designed by architect Gunārs Asaris and sculptor Alberts Terpilovskis.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Daugava Stadium and Liepāja Museum.
Daugava Stadium
Stadium
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Daugava Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Liepāja, Latvia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FK Liepāja, also was in the past the home stadium of FHK Liepājas Metalurgs. Daugava Stadium is situated 760 metres south of Monument to the sailors and fishermen perished in the sea.
Liepāja Museum
Museum
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Liepāja Museum is a museum in Liepāja, Latvia. It is the largest museum in the historical region of Courland. It possesses more than 100,000 articles, but in the halls of the museum, there are 1,500 exhibits. Liepāja Museum is situated 670 metres east of Monument to the sailors and fishermen perished in the sea.
Liepāja Lighthouse
Lighthouse
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The Liepāja Lighthouse is a lighthouse located in Liepāja on the Latvian coast of the Baltic Sea. Liepāja Lighthouse is situated 1 km north of Monument to the sailors and fishermen perished in the sea.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ziemeļu priekšpilsēta and Jaunā pasaule.
Ziemeļu priekšpilsēta
Suburb
Ziemeļu priekšpilsēta is a modern neighborhood in Liepāja, Latvia. Located south from Karosta next to Jaunliepāja. In the recent years there has been a high crime rate and it is considered as an unsafe neighborhood. Ziemeļu priekšpilsēta is situated 3 km northeast of Monument to the sailors and fishermen perished in the sea.
Jaunā pasaule
Suburb
Jaunā pasaule is a neighborhood of Liepāja, Latvia. It is located near the east border of the city, south of the Zaļā birzeneighborhood and the Jelgava–Liepāja Railway. Jaunā pasaule is situated 4½ km northeast of Monument to the sailors and fishermen perished in the sea.
Karosta
Suburb
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Karosta is a former Russian and Soviet naval base on the Baltic Sea, which today is a neighbourhood in Liepāja, Latvia. The base was built because, when the Hohenzollern Kingdom of Prussia merged into the German Empire in 1871, Nimmersatt became its northeasternmost settlement. Karosta is situated 5 km north of Monument to the sailors and fishermen perished in the sea.
Monument to the sailors and fishermen perished in the sea
- Type: Monument
- Description: monument in Liepāja, Latvia
- Category: historic site
- Location: Liepāja, Kurzeme, Latvia, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
56.50935° or 56° 30′ 34″ northLongitude
20.99141° or 20° 59′ 29″ eastInception
1977Height
15 metres (49 feet)Width
3 metres (9.8 feet)Open location code
9G82GX5R+PHOpenStreetMap ID
way 1198048984OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentWikidata ID
Q6906910
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Monument to the sailors and fishermen perished in the sea” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Monument als mariners i pescadors morts al mar”
- Latvian: “Piemineklis bojā gājušajiem jūrniekiem un zvejniekiem”
- Polish: “Pomnik żeglarzy i rybaków zaginionych na morzu”
- Russian: “Памятник морякам и рыбакам, погибшим в море”
- Spanish: “Monumento a los marineros y pescadores que perecieron en el mar”
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