Facts About Sigulda Sigulda is a small town in the region of Sigulda in Latvia. Sigulda received its town rights in 1928. The Gutmanis Cave lies [...]

Facts About Cēsis The oldest settlement in Cēsis is the hillfort on Riekstu hill, a fortified wooden castle built by a tribe known as the Vends. [...]

Ancient Rome Facts As legend has it, Rome was founded in 753 B.C. by Romulus and Remus, twin sons of Mars, the god of war. Packed with [...]

Facts About Gauja National Park The area of the park is 91.745 ha and it is divided into five functional zones. There are almost 900 plant [...]

Facts About Jūrmala The name Jūrmala stems from Latvian jūra (“sea”) and mala (“edge”, “side”, [...]

Facts About Sillamäe The locality of Sillamäggi was first mentioned in 1502 when the area was under the control of Livonian Order. The bridge [...]

Facts About Salaspils Salaspils is twinned with: Finspång, Sweden; Finsterwalde, Germany & Wieliszew, Poland. Salaspils Received its town [...]

Facts About Ventspils Ventspils was historically known as Windau in German. In 2004, Ventspils was a host city for a multi-national naval [...]

Facts About Tukums The historical centre of Tukums developed between trade routes leading from the mouth of the Daugava River to Prussia. In [...]