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Blog: Old and New Sigulda castles, Turaida castle (and the Rose of Turaida)
Date: July 5th 2012
After boating over the Gauja river in the Gauja National Park, Kaspars, his family and I went to visit the local castles in Sigulda. There are three of them. The earliest is the Sigulda Medieval Castle, from the early 13th c. It is the one in poorest shape, but its ruins are well kept now and can be visited and climbed into. It was raining when I wet, but nothing was too slippery. The wooden re ... read more
Date: July 5th 2012
After boating over the Gauja river in the Gauja National Park, Kaspars, his family and I went to visit the local castles in Sigulda. There are three of them. The earliest is the Sigulda Medieval Castle, from the early 13th c. It is the one in poorest shape, but its ruins are well kept now and can be visited and climbed into. It was raining when I wet, but nothing was too slippery. The wooden re ... read more
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