Klippan-Saule

Klippan-Saule is in Bauska Municipality, Latvia. Klippan-Saule is situated nearby to the cemetery Plosta Kapi, as well as near the sports venue Bauskas peldbaseins.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bauska castle museum and Bauska Church of the Holy Spirit.

Bauska castle museum

Museum

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Bauska Castle is a complex consisting of the ruins of an earlier castle and a later palace on the outskirts of the Latvian city of Bauska. While originally a hill fort, the Livonian branch of the Teutonic Knights built the castle in the fifteenth century, the palace was added in the sixteenth century, and restoration began in the nineteenth century. Bauska castle museum is situated 2 km southwest of Klippan-Saule.

Bauska Church of the Holy Spirit

Church

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Church of the Holy Spirit is a Lutheran church and the oldest existing building in Bauska, Latvia. Built between 1591 and 1594 for the needs of the city's Baltic German population. Bauska Church of the Holy Spirit is situated 1 km southwest of Klippan-Saule.

St. George’s Church, Bauska

Church

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St. George's Church is a Latvian Orthodox church in Bauska, Latvia. In 1876 czarist authorities gifted a plot of land to the local Orthodox community which was established in 1856 and by 1881 numbered 95 people. St. George’s Church, Bauska is situated 1¼ km southwest of Klippan-Saule.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bauska and Mūsa.

Bauska

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Bauska is a town in Zemgale, 66 km from Riga and 20 km from the Lithuanian border, at the confluence of the Mūsa and Mēmele rivers where they form the Lielupe river.