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One can't help but be amazed by the many wonderful buildings.

Today, Riga Castle is the official residence of the President.

The new castle and the old Teutonic castle, which was built in 1212.

Cremon/Krimuldas Castle was built shortly after 1250 for representative purposes and to protect and manage the estates of the Archbishop of Riga. It was destroyed in 1601 during the Polish-Swedish War. The estate continued to operate, and Krimuldas Palace was built approximately 200 meters to the west to replace the castle. The southern façade of the palace was restored as an artificial ruin to complement its park.

Treyden Castle is the ruin of a bishop's castle of the Archbishopric of Riga, which served as the Livonian Order's castle for several decades. It was built on a high ridge on the edge of the Gauja Valley in the Turaida district of the Livonian city of Sigulda. In the courtyard you can see several buildings that contain interesting exhibits and a lot of history. Everything is very nicely and informatively designed.

From the castle tower you have a great view of the bend of the Gauja river. You just have to climb a few steps.

The history of the development of the historical centre of Turaida is more than a thousand years long. The events that took place here are closely connected with the events of Latvian and European history. From about the 11th century, a Livonian settlement was located on the Gauja River in Turaida. Their everyday life was closely connected to the rhythm of nature. The name "Turaida" comes from the Livonian language, which belongs to the Finno-Ugric language family, and poetically means "God's Garden". At the beginning of the 13th century, the wooden castle of the Livonian ruler Kaupo was located on the Turaida hill. When the castle was destroyed by fire in 1214, the Riga bishop Albert ordered a stone castle to be built there. After that, Turaida became the seat of the Riga rulers - the archbishops.

Treyden Castle is the ruin of a bishop's castle of the Archbishopric of Riga, which served as the Livonian Order's castle for several decades. It was built on a high ridge on the edge of the Gauja Valley in the Turaida district of the Latvian district of Sigulda. The castle forms a remarkable contrast to the strictly monastery-like castles of the Livonian Order with their striking convent buildings and rectangular castle walls, and instead resembles the Wartburg near Eisenach in both its structure and its unusually elongated shape.