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| From Riga I caught a bus to Sigulda. It is about 53 kilometres East of the Capital of Latvia. The Gauja National Park is close by.
I am not certain but I think the building above is a 19th Century castle which is now used as the Sigulda Town Council. |
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| Walking towards the National Park, we come to this Lutheran Church beside a lake. | |||
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| The austere but attractive interior of the Lutheran Church. | |||
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| Sigulda Old Castle. It is fairly close to the Lutheran Church seen earlier. | |||
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| We cross the Gauja River on our way to Turaida. | |||
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| This is the exterior of a cave in a limestone cliff, which we pass along the river bed.
Over the past few centuries, people have carved graffiti into the cave walls. |
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| We catch a glimpse of Turaida Castle as we slowly make our way up a steep road. | |||
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| Turaida Castle is part of a large Park complex which includes this Lutheran Church. | |||
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| Arranging the flowers in the church. | |||
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| Turaida Castle. Work continues to restore this old edifice. | |||
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| These are stills from a video shown within the Castle. It gives us an idea of what Turaida Castle may have looked like in the past. | |||
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| A view from the tower of the Castle. | |||
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| It was a two and a half hour journey from Riga to Sigulda, but well worth it. I caught a bus there and the train back to Riga. | |||
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