This is a re-creation of an ancient settlement, from 9th-11th century. There are numerous legends of sunken castles, this time an archaeologist took them seriously and ... found something very interesting, though not a golden fairy palace.
The walls of the old lighthouse were once about 100 m inland. Now they are beneath the waves...
This cemetery and the famous one in Leningrad/St. Petersburg were built using the Brethren Cemetery in Riga, Latvia as an example for the design.
The new Kolka lighthouse on an artificial island, once 5 km into the sea, now calculated as some 6 km from the shore.
Global warming or just higher water levels, but Latvian soil is being washed away.
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This is a re-creation of an ancient settlement, from 9th-11th century. There are numerous legends of sunken castles, this time an archaeologist took them seriously and ... found something very interesting, though not a golden fairy palace.
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The walls of the old lighthouse were once about 100 m inland. Now they are beneath the waves...
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This cemetery and the famous one in Leningrad/St. Petersburg were built using the Brethren Cemetery in Riga, Latvia as an example for the design.
more »
The new Kolka lighthouse on an artificial island, once 5 km into the sea, now calculated as some 6 km from the shore.
more »
Global warming or just higher water levels, but Latvian soil is being washed away.
more »