Važītes kapi

Važītes kapi is a forest in Rundāles pagasts, Bauska Municipality. Važītes kapi is situated nearby to the village Saulaine, as well as near Jumprava.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bauska castle museum and Bornsminde manor house.

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.

Bornsminde manor house

Manor estate

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Bornsminde manor house is a manor estate.

Bauska Nature Park

Nature reserve

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Bauska Nature Park is a nature reserve.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bauska and Saulaine.

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.