Ventspils
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Ventspils is a state city in northwestern Latvia in the historical Courland region of Latvia, and is the sixth largest city in the country.
Aerial view with the Ventspils Castle and port
Wehrmacht soldiers and German civilians fleeing advance of Red Army, 1944
Port of Ventspils
Theatre House "Jūras Vārti"
Curonian colonisation
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Curonian colonisation is a collective name given to the colonisation efforts of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, a vassal duchy of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Small, but wealthy, the Duch
Ventspils
…blossomed as a shipbuilding centre. 44 warships and 79 trading ships were built in the town, and it was from Ventspils that the Duke's fleet set out to colonize Gambia and Tobago. Metal, amber, and wood-working shops also became important to the city's development. During the Polish-Swedish War and the Great…
New Courland in Tobago