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Nature park Ancient Abava River Valley

The ancient Abava river valley is one of the most impressive and widest ancient river valleys in Latvia. It has steep-sloping banks, deepravines, sand ...

The Devil’s Rock and Devil’s Cave of Abava

This place is rich with legends and stories. One legend tells that once there was the Devil, who wanted to make a dam on river Abava. But he could not ...

The thickest wild pear tree in Latvia

The thickest wild pear tree (Pyrus pyraster) in Latviarecognised as such is found in Kandava. Its circumference has reached 2.95 metres. Usually wild ...

Buses (Matkule) Castle Mound

A mound of five tiers, the Buse castle mound was one of the political and economic centres of Vanema, the land of Cours, in the 11th–13th century. Jud ...

Devil’s Foot Boulder of Lanksēde or Langsēde

The Devil’s Foot Boulder of Lanksēde or Langsēde is an archaeological monument of local importance found in the Imula river. You can find it as you wa ...

The Sulphur Spring Bog with the Shrubby Cinquefoil habitat

The bog is a natural preserve on the left bank of Abava River, approximately 1 km away from Kandava. Here, growing is a very rare post-glacial period ...

The Swedish Cap (Zviedru cepure) or Piltiņkalns Hill

It is a triangular shaped mound with steep sides. It is believed that a certain Swedish general was buried here, and the mound was made by bringing so ...