Cēsis Castle (German: Schloß Wenden) is one of the most iconic and best preserved medieval castles in Latvia. The foundations of the castle were laid...
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Vidzeme Upland. Cēsis is on the Gauja River valley, and is built on a series of ridges above the river, overlooking the woods below. Cēsis was selected to...
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The siege of Cēsis Castle (1577) was a part of Ivan the Terrible's campaign to conquer Old Livonia. After a five-day-long bombardment, about 300 people...
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died on 12 May 1909 in Cēsis, and was buried in the family tomb at the Orthodox Church of the Transfiguration of Christ in Cēsis. In 1847 Count von Sievers...
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Cesis may refer to: Cēsis, a town in Latvia Cēsis municipality, Latvia Cēsis Castle, Latvia Cēsis District, Latvia SK Cēsis, a women's basketball club...
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after 1944, it was ultimately given to the Cēsis Museum in 1997, where today it is on display in Cēsis Castle. In 1917, a red-white-red flag was used in...
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Urban VIII, Amayden, the Cesi family was located in Umbria (with its main seat the castle of Cesi). Antonio Chitani of Cesi, the chief of the family,...
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construction began on both Cēsis Castle and a stone Koknese Castle, where the Daugava and Pērse rivers meet, replacing the wooden castle of Latgalians. In 1209...
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Cēsis Municipality (Latvian: Cēsu novads) is a municipality in Vidzeme, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Vaive parish and Cēsis...
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several new stone castles of the Livonian Order (Sigulda Castle, Cēsis Castle, and Valmiera Castle) and the Archbishop of Riga's Turaida Castle were built here...
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