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Exhibitions in the Turaida Castle
The main tower
1st floor:
“The main tower of the Turaida Castle – the Bergfried”
5th floor:
An informational exhibition at the viewing platform of
the main tower of the Turaida Castle
The western block
Cellar: “
The history of construction of the Turaida Castle”
1st-2nd floor:
“Turaida as Part of the Rīga Archbishopric, 13th to
the 16th Century”
3rd floor:
“The Turaida Castle and district, 1566-1776”
The tower-shaped southern block
1st floor:
“The History of the tower-shaped southern block and cellar”
Intermediate floor:
“Warm air stoves in the Turaida Castle”
2nd floor:
“The working area of Rīga archbishops; 16th century interior”
The large semi-circular tower
Cellar:
“The castle’s prison”
1st floor:
“Castle guards”
2nd floor:
“Ancient firearms”
3rd floor:
“The history of the large semi-circular tower”
4th floor:
“Semi-circular towers in Vidzeme castles”
5th floor:
“The oldest known images of the Turaida Castle”
Open-air exhibits
“The northern tower and forecastle of the Turaida Castle”
“The yard and southern forecastle of the Turaida Castle”
“The Jānis Graudonis trail which leads around the Turaida Castle”
The stone castle at Turaida
A.
The northern forecastle
B.
The internal yard
C.
The southern forecastle
1.
The gate tower of the northern forecastle
2.
The forced passage wall
3.
The eastern defensive wall of the northern forecastle
4-5.
The location of the redoubt
6.
The northern defensive wall of the castle
7.
The main tower
8.
The foundations of the structure
9.
The north-eastern corner and cellars
10.
The eastern defensive wall with counterforces
11.
The foundations of the structure
12.
The foundations of the castle
13.
The well
14.
The western defensive wall
15.
The western block
16.
The large semi-circular tower
17.
The southern defensive wall
18.
The tower-shaped southern block
19.
The outer defensive wall of the southern forecastle
20.
The internal defensive wall of the southern forecastle
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