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Dobele Liberation Monument |
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Address: Semigallian mound between Tērvetes streets and highways of Liepaja, Dobele
Information
Already
in 1924 had the idea that Dobele to install a monument of the First
World War and the Latvian War of dead soldiers. Work on it began
only in 1935. Sculptor Karlis Zemdega monument of the 44 tons the
mouth of the Finnish heavy granite The monument was opened in
1940 after five years of June 9 and set of Freedom Street - where today
there are Soviet soldiers cemetery monument.
Since the early set of
all Latvian Soviet power, the monument had lived not too long, because
already in 1950 it blew up. However, when the Latvian national
awakening began in the time, began to rustle sponsor group, which
wanted to renew K. Zemdegs-made monument. This group reached that
created a special fund for fund-raising, as well as a survey on where
to install the updated monument. Vis said the monument restored the
lead, only this time it was composed of sculptor and mason Inta Berga
Liberia Profit. This time the kind of granite from Ukraine.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 04 May 2009 )
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