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Daugavgrīva Castle

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Daugavgrīva Castle
Daugavgrīva Castle. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Daugavgrīva Castle (German: Dünamünde; Polish: Dynemunt; Russian: Усть-Двинск or Ust`-Dvinsk) is a former monastery converted into a castle, located at Vecdaugava oxbow on the right bank of Daugava, in the northern part of Riga city, in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. Nowadays here are seen only earthen ramparts.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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