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Piemineklis Ziemeļlatvijas atbrīvotājiem

Monument to the Liberators of Northern Latvia

Teodors Zaļkalns
192-

Plācis / Piemineklis Ziemeļlatvijas atbrīvotājiem

Description

Relief of a man with a sword and a horse, on the back a text by Edvarts Virza.

Inscription(s)

ziemellatvijas
atbrivotajiem
***
kamer vien labibu
sais laukos ses
jus slavinas un
godam piemines

To the Liberators
of Northern Latvia
***
As long as sows crops
in these fields,
you can commemorate
the praises and glory.

Plācis - Piemineklis Ziemellatvijas atbrivotajiem

Sculptor

Teodors Zaļkalns (until 1930 Teodors Grīnbergs) (Allažu pagasta "Zaļajā Kalnā" 1876 - Riga 1972), Latvian sculptor (Wikipedia - bust on this site)).

Sources & Information

Zudusī Latvija, Piemineklis Ziemeļlatvijas atbrīvotājiem Plācī .

Locatie (N 57°21'49" - E 24°58'50") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: lv009; Photograph: 9 July 2013
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