The most interesting places in Gaujiena, Latvia

Gaujiena is a settlement in Latvia located on the right bank of the Gauja, 160 km from Riga and 8 km from the Estonian border.
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We have tailored a short walking route through this historic city:
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1. The ruins of the castle of the Livonian Teutonic Order. The castle was built in 1238 and destroyed during the Livonian and Northern Wars.
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2. Gaujiena Manor. Being built in 1850 in the classicist style by Baron Julius von Wulf, it is beautifully decorated with columns and statues of lions in the front.
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3. Manor house where the composer Jazeps Vitols used to live. Now it houses the Anniņas Memorial Museum.
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4. “Garden of Sounds”.
This is a new tourist site in Gaujen. Visitors of its trail can play a variety of instruments located along the 8-stop music trail.
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