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May Park was created in the 19th century, when castle ruins were fashionable features of parks, so one such artificial ruin, or folly, was also built here. The park is to be reconstructed in the run-up to the Cesis 800th anniversary in 2006.
Written Jun 9, 2005
Address: Cesis
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The date 1781 is sown on a weather vane as the time of construction of the horse stables and coach-house. In 1985, Cesis Exhibition Hall was established here, a venue for regular exhibitions and concerts.
Written Jun 9, 2005
Address: Pils laukums (Pils square) 9
Phone: 00 371 4122615
Website: www.vvtc.cesis.lv
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There are eight sculptures of children along the sides of lower section of the steps. By the pond are sculptures showing fishermen retrieving nets, and in the middle of the pond a sculpture in the form of a fountain – a youth and a large fish.
Written Jun 9, 2005
Address: Cesis
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You have to buy ticket to the Museum and you’ll see old and new castle. On view in the museum is a unique exhibition “Treasures of Cesis Castle” giving an insight into the most important and surprising finds obtained in archaeological excavations of the castle.
Written Jun 9, 2005
Address: Pils laukums (Pils square) 9
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In the run-up to the Cesis 80th anniversary celebrations, an 800th-day clock has been unveiled on Vienibas laukums (Union Square). Every day the townspeople and visitors can count down the days to the great festivities in 2006.
Written Jun 3, 2005
Address: Cesis
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Vienibas Laukums is the town’s recently created and large square, which obtained its present layout in 1939. The Victory Monument was first built in 1924 to commemorate the soldiers who fell in the Latvian War of Liberation.
Written Jun 3, 2005
Address: Cesis
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Livu Laukums was the original market square in the half of the 13th century, with the church, graveyard and the Riga Gate in the town wall. The renovated square has a fountain, at the former location of a well, famous for its clear waters.
Written Jun 3, 2005
Address: Cesis
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St John’s Church was built in the late 13th century and became the largest church in the northern part of Vidzeme region. The church was the Dom of the Livonian Order and the burial place of masters of the Order, priests and knights. The church has one of Latvia’s finest concert organs.
Written Jun 3, 2005
Address: Cesis
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Rigas iela (Riga Street) became the town’s main thoroughfare in the late 13th century, with a rich architecture and history. See in here are the majority of the historically and architecturally most important buildings in Cesis: the Rathaus (Rigas iela 7), the Trader’s House (Rigas iela 16) and Harmony House (Rigas iela 24)
Written Jun 3, 2005
Address: Cesis
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Cesis is not only one of the oldest towns in Latvia, but also represents the country’s true spirit. 2006 will see a major event in Cesis: the town’s 800th anniversary celebrations. Its biography includes the ancient castle of the Vends, who gave the town its German name Wenden.
Written Jun 3, 2005
Address: Cesis
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The start point of christianic Latvia
Cesis is a town that delights both visitors and inhabitants with its unique charm, rich heritage, winding medieval streets and the magnificent landscape of the Gauja National Park.
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Cesis is very nice and interesting town. It is one of the best destinations in Latvia in my opinion. Now it's a small town, but in medieval times Cesis was politically the 2nd (after Riga, of course)...
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The first three times we went to Cesis, it raining incessantly. We finally made it on a sunny day this fall. Cesis is a pleasant little town with a great castle ruin to wander around. The best thing...
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Cesis - wonderful town in Latvia
Cesis is small, but not poor. Castle, two parks, beer bravery, church and old buildings - you must see that. First of all visit tourism information center near castle and take a map. There will be a...
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