Latvia Photo Gallery - Weeks 11~12

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1 - Memorial to German mass-murder
 of Rīga's Jews in Rumbula forest
2 - Soviet-era memorial at site of
  Salaspils concentration camp
3 - Courtyard of Rundāle Palace
 on a gloomily wet day
4 - Restored private apartments
 at Rundāle Palace

5 - Rundāle Palace's rear façade from
    formally laid out rose gardens
6 - Reconstruction of 12th century
 timber stockade-fort at Lielvārde
7 - Pļaviņas hydro-electric dam
  on Daugava River
8 - Remains of Koknese Castle
 on banks of Daugava River

 
9 - Ozianna Camping on banks
  of Daugava near to Daugavpils
10 - Gilded domes of SS Boris and Gleb
 Russian Orthodox Cathedral
11 - Iconostasis at SS Boris and Gleb
   Russian Orthodox Cathedral
12 - Trams trundle past Lutheran
and Catholic churches in Daugavpils

 
13 - Old Believers' Orthodox Church
    at Church Hill in Daugavpils
14 - Icon-bedecked interior
of Old Believers' Church
15 - View over rooftops of Daugavpils
Church Hill from Shot Factory tower
16 - Restored Nicholas Gate into
   Daugavpils Citadel-Fortress

 
17 - View through Michael Gate
  into Daugavpils Citadel-Fortress
18 - Tsarist era barrack blocks
alongside 1960s panelaky apartments
19 - Restored former barrack blocks
along Mihaila iela in Daugavpils Fortress
20 - Wooden cottages along
 main street of Krāslava

 
21 - Sunset over Lake Siveri deep
 in the Latgale countryside
22 - Lane leading to 3 borders meeting
point of Latvia, Belarus and Russia
23 - 1959 Friendship Mound at
three borders meeting point
24 - Border posts at meeting point
 of Latvia, Belarus and Russia

 
25 - Soviet Л-Class heavy freight
    locomotive preserved at Gulbene
26 - Soviet ТУ-7A Class diesel with
  train at Gulbene's grandiose station
27 - Awaiting the return railway
  journey from Alūksne to Gulbene
28 - A day in camp at
 Jaunsetas Camping, Alūksne

 
29 - Reconstructed lake-village
  against backdrop of Āraiši village
30 - 10th century Balt lake-village
 on timber decking at Āraiši
31 - Flowering Rush (Butomus
 umbellatus
) growing in Āraiši Lake
32 - Experimental archaeology
 construction techniques at Āraiši

 
33 - Victory Monument at Cēsis,
 commemorating 1919 German defeat
34 - Campfire at Apaļkalns Camping 35 - Radio equipment at Līgatne
Cold War underground bunker complex
36 - Gas mask drill at Līgatne Cold War underground bunker complex

 
37 - Driving aboard the rickety
 platform of the Gauja river-ferry
38 - Downstream view crossing Gauja
 with wing-mirror 'selfie' reflection
39 - River Gauja meandering through
     forested Gauja National Park
40 - Velnala sandstone cliff outcrop
 and cave above the Gauja River

 
41 - Kājnieka suspension-footbridge
spanning Gauja River in National Park
42 - Turaida Castle built 1214 to guard
Teutonic land-holdings in Gauja Valley
43 - 40m high Main Tower and
  Western Tower at Turaida Castle
44 - Russian Orthodox Church
    at the small town of Limbaži

 
45 - Baltic surf gently lapping onto
 beach at Veczemju sandstone cliffs
46 - Eroded sandstone outcrops
  at Veczemju Bluffs
47 - This year's young storks, now
   almost fully grown, learning to fly
48 - Camp under shade of an oak
at Rakari Camping near Salacgrīva
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