On Sunday my North American friends and I went to Koknese.....a small city on the Daugava River not visited by many tourists. These castle ruins are not particularly important unless you have read the Latvian national epic. The castle is considered to be home of Laimdota, the true love of the Latvian epic hero Lačplesis and seemingly rises from the water (actually the reason it now sits on the water is because the Soviets built a dam up stream which flooded the whole are around the castle). Here are some of the pictures from my adventures.
This is the church that let us the Minister's bathroom...where we met the minister and then felt inclined to attend mass. Afterwards we climbed up to the top of the church steeple.
The castle ruins built in the 13th century, but like all the castles in Latvia the was destroyed during the Great Northern War in the 1700s.
Me and the ruins looking out on the Daugava.
This picture actually isn't mine but you can see how the castle ruins rise from the water (we didn't have enough time to walk around to other side and take a picture).
The castle ruins built in the 13th century, but like all the castles in Latvia the was destroyed during the Great Northern War in the 1700s.
Me and the ruins looking out on the Daugava.
This picture actually isn't mine but you can see how the castle ruins rise from the water (we didn't have enough time to walk around to other side and take a picture).
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