Krišjānis Valdemārs
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Krišjānis Valdemārs was a writer, editor, educator, politician, lexicographer, folklorist and economist, the spiritual leader of The First Latvian National Awakening and the most prominent member of t
Krišjānis Valdemārs
Valdemār's grave in the Great Cemetery of Riga
Ainaži
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Ainaži is a Latvian port town by the Gulf of Riga in the Baltic Sea. Administratively, it is part of the Limbaži Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. It is located on the south side of the Es
Krišjānis Valdemārs
…platform for Young Latvian ideas. It was closed by the Russian authorities in 1865. In 1864 Valdemārs helped establish the first Latvian naval school in Ainaži as a way of making Latvians rich. At its opening he uttered the famous phrase "Brauciet, latvji, jūriņā, krājiet zeltu pūriņā!" (Latvians, sail the…
Ainaži lighthouse
Building of the former Ainaži nautical school (now a museum)
The North Pier
Firefighting museum