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Bride's Cave (Ligavas Ala)

Bride's Cave (Ligavas Ala)

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Bride's Cave (Ligavas Ala)

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Location: Vidzeme, Latvia

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Niklas 🥾🚲🛶🛼😀

July 13, 2023

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This is an artificial cave-like niche: it is said that a young man and his bride hid here during the Livonian War. Looters found her and killed her, giving the cave the name "Bride's Cave".

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hopsi

June 16, 2019

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Great cave

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Nic

August 1, 2019

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Beautiful views of the river during the hike, short and long sections possible from the campsite

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Elevation 70 m

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Friday 15 May

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74 %

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Max wind speed: 17.0 km/h

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