Salaspils
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Salaspils is a town in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. It is the administrative centre of Salaspils Municipality. The town is situated on the northern bank of the Daugava river, 18 kilometers to the sou
Salaspils Railway Station in 2008
The Battle of Kircholm monument at Salaspils. In 1605 joint Polish–Lithuanian–Courland armies defeated an invading Swedish army here.
Battle of Kircholm Stone (other memorial) in Salaspils, Latvia
Salaspils Council
Livonian Crusade
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The Livonian crusade consisted of the various military Christianisation campaigns in medieval Livonia – modern Latvia and Estonia – during the Papal-sanctioned Northern Crusades in the 12th–13th centu
Salaspils
…Christian church as early as 1186. So began the Christianizing and gradual subjection of the local Livonian tribes. In 1206, in the early phases of the Livonian Crusade, the Livonian chieftain Ako organized the first revolt against the German crusaders but suffered defeat. The Latvian name of the Salaspils "island…
A Teutonic Knight on the left and a Swordbrother on the right.
Lands of Lotigola
Dannebrog falling from the sky during the Battle of Lindanise, 1219.
The 1241 Treaty between Livonian Order, Bishopric of Ösel-Wiek and Oeselians at National Archives of Sweden