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History Museum Attractions In Vidzeme Region

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Vidzeme is one of the historical and cultural regions of Latvia. Literally meaning the Middle Land, it is situated in north-central Latvia north of the Daugava River. Sometimes in German, it is also known as Livland, the German form from Latin Livonia, though it comprises only a small part of Medieval Livonia and about half of Swedish Livonia. Vidzemes guberņa – Livland Governorate is also bigger than Vidzeme, since it corresponds roughly to Swedish Livonia.
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History Museum Attractions In Vidzeme Region

  • 2. Ogre History and Art Museum Ogre
    Ogre is the principal town of Ogre Municipality in Central Latvia, 36 kilometres east of the capital Riga, situated at the confluence of the Daugava and Ogre rivers. It has been a town since 1928. Ogre is composed of three parts: Jaunogre , Ogre , and Pārogre . The name of the town comes from the Ogre river. The Ogre village was first mentioned in 1206, called Oger in German. In 1861, when a railway Riga–Daugavpils was built, Riga's residents started to build summer cottages here. In 1862 Ogre became a health resort. The town's coat of arms was granted in 1938 and shows the beautiful river and pinewoods of Ogre. There is a cultural centre, an art school and a music school in Ogre. It has three Latvian language schools, and one Russian language school - Jaunogres vidusskola. The town als...
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  • 4. Madona City Museum Madona
    Madona is a town with town rights in the Vidzeme region of Latvia and is the center of the Madona municipality.
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