Karosta Prison

Karosta Prison is a museum in , which is located on Invalīdu iela. Karosta Prison is situated nearby to the theater building , as well as near the historic building .
karostascietums.lv
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  • Opening hours: June—August 9:00 AM—7:00 PM
  • Email: info@karostascietums.lv
  • Type: Museum
  • Also known as: “Karosta prison” and “Karostas cietums”
  • Address: Invalīdu iela 4, Liepāja, LV-3414
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St. Nicholas’s Orthodox Naval Cathedral and Liepāja Station.

Church
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The St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral is a Russian Orthodox cathedral church located in in the north of , . is situated 1 km northwest of Karosta Prison.

Railway station
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is the railway station for on the Jelgava – Liepāja Railway. is situated 2½ km south of Karosta Prison.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 1½ km southwest of Karosta Prison.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Karosta and Ziemeļu priekšpilsēta.

Suburb
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is a former Russian and Soviet naval base on the Baltic Sea, which today is a neighbourhood in , . The base was built because, when the Hohenzollern Kingdom of Prussia merged into the German Empire in 1871, became its northeasternmost settlement.

Suburb
is a modern neighborhood in , . Located south from next to Jaunliepāja. In the recent years there has been a high crime rate and it is considered as an unsafe neighborhood.

Suburb
is a of , . It is located near the east border of the city, south of the Zaļā birzeneighborhood and the Jelgava–Liepāja Railway.

Karosta Prison

Latitude
56.54632° or 56° 32′ 47″ north
Longitude
21.02093° or 21° 1′ 15″ east
Open location code
9G83G2WC+G9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 88674462
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q14917186
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In Other Languages

From Latvian to Russian—“Karosta Prison” goes by many names.
  • Latvian: “Liepājas Karostas cietums”
  • Lithuanian: “Liepojos Karo uosto kalėjimas”
  • Russian: “Тюрьма Каросты”

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Highlights include Karostas kamerzāle and Jūras pasta baložu stacija.

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