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Explore Skalupes in Latvia
Skalupes in the region of Cēsu Rajons is a town in Latvia - some 42 mi or ( 68 km ) North-East of Riga , the country's capital city .
Current time in Skalupes is now 08:46 PM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Riga " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Vildoga, Stalbe, Sigulda, Riga, and Ratnieki. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Vildoga . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Skalupes ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
Videos
AMATA river 09.04.2011. boat over
Amata 09.04.2011. dažas laivas riņķī ..
Natural Bathhouse in Vienkoci Park
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Amata 2010.04.02 Part 1
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Roadtrip in Latvia - The Ligatne bunker
Roadtrip in latvia ..
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Interesting facts about this location
Gauja Formation
The Gauja Formation is a Middle Devonian fossil locality in Estonia and Latvia. It is named after the Gauja River, where it is exposed along the banks. The Gauja Formation has a maximum thickness of 80 m . It is composed of weakly to moderately cemented layers of fine-grained to very fine-grained sandstone. The layer is predominantly light to yellowish-gray in color, but can be pinkish brown or variegated. It is mostly composed of quartzose arenites.
Located at 57.30 25.12 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Amata River
Amata is a river in Gauja National Park in the Middle Latvian Lowland. It flows from lake Kukala in Vidzeme, 66 km, to the river Gauja. The riverbanks feature Devonian red sandstone cliffs, and rapids. The river Amata is one of Latvia's fastest rivers. It has one of the deepest and most unusual valleys of all the rivers in Vidzeme, with up to 45 m high sandstone and dolomite banks. One of the steepest bank of Amata is the Zvārtes rock.
Located at 57.30 25.13 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Līgatne parish
Līgatne parish was an administrative unit of the Cēsis District, Latvia. Pop. 2864 (2005). It covered the area of 160.6 km². By the 2009 administrative reform, this territorial unit was merged into the Līgatne municipality.
Located at 57.19 25.03 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Amata Municipality
Amata Municipality is a municipality in Vidzeme, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2000 by merging Amata parish and Drabeši parish, but in 2009 it absorbed Nītaure parish, Skujene parish and Zaube parish, too the administrative centre being Drabeši.
Located at 57.20 25.15 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Ungurmuiža Manor
Ungurmuiža Manor (Latvian: Ungurmuižas kungu māja) is a manor house in the historical region of Vidzeme, in northern Latvia. The estate is named for the von Ungern family, who owned it prior to the middle of the 17th century. The current wooden manor was built in 1731-1732 in Baroque style for the owner, Lieutenant General Balthasar Freiherr von Campenhausen. The von Campenhausen family owned the estate from 1728 to 1939.
Located at 57.36 25.09 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
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