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Daugavpils is exceptionally rich in red brick buildings. This style was developed by many outstanding architects. In Daugavpils, this variety of eclecticism is most widely represented in the buildings designed by Wilhelm Neumann, an architect of German origin who was the chief architect of the city from 1878 to 1895. Bright examples of brick ...
Daugavpils Fortress, also known as Dinaburg Fortress or Dvinsk Fortress, is an early 19th century fortress in Daugavpils, Latvia. It is the only early 19th century military fortification of its kind in Northern Europe that has been preserved without significant alterations. [ 1 ]
Following the occupation of Latvia by Nazi Germany in the summer of 1941, the Daugavpils Ghetto (German: Ghetto Dünaburg) was established in an old fortress near Daugavpils. Daugavpils is the second largest city in Latvia, located on the Daugava River in the southeastern, Latgale, region of Latvia. The city was militarily important as a major ...
Daugavpils apriņķis on the map of Latvia (1938) Daugavpils county (Latvian: Daugavpils apriņķis) was a historic county in the Vitebsk Governorate, and in the Republic of Latvia dissolved during the administrative territorial reform of the Latvian SSR in 1949. Its administrative centre was Daugavpils.
Daugavpils Station (Latvian: Daugavpils Pasažieru parks) is the main railway station serving the city of Daugavpils in south-eastern Latvia. The station is an important railway junction , which is the terminus of the Riga–Daugavpils and Daugavpils–Indra railway lines . [ 1 ]
Rothko Museum (Latvian: Rotko muzejs) is a multi-functional institution of culture, arts and education, located inside the arsenal building of the Daugavpils fortress in Daugavpils, Latvia. It is a unique in Eastern Europe , in that some original paintings of Mark Rothko are on public display, on loan from the proprietors.
Daugavpils district (Latvian: Daugavpils rajons) was an administrative division of Latvia, located in Latgale region, in the country's south-east. It was organized into two cities and twenty one parishes, each with a local government authority. [ 2 ]
Daugavpils Municipality (Latvian: Daugavpils novads) was a municipality in Latgale, Latvia from 2009 to 2021.. It was formed in 2009 by merging Ambeļi parish, Biķernieki parish, Demene parish, Dubna parish, Kalkūne parish, Kalupe parish, Laucesa parish, Līksna parish, Maļinova parish, Medumi parish, Naujene parish, Nīcgale parish, Saliena parish, Skrudaliena parish, Svente parish, Tabore ...