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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