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During the post-war era, the
Soviet regime built large bio-
chemical and construction faci-
lities, many of which became
obsolete after independence.
Recent efforts to improve the
town’s fortunes include the
establishment of the Latgale
Art and Craft Centre, which
hosts exhibitions, besides con-
ducting ceramics and weaving
workshops for visitors.
E Glass Museum
Domes 1b. Tel 6538 1855. Open Jun–
Neo-Byzantine St Nicholas’s Orthodox Church in Jēkabpils Aug: Tue–Sun; Sep–May: Tue–Sat. &
= ∑ latgalesamatnieki.lv
e Jēkabpils and one of them displays E Latgale Art and Craft Centre
Russian military memorabilia. Domes 1. Tel 6538 1855.
Road Map D4. * 28,000. Open Tue–Sat. & 7 =
£ from Rīga. @ from Rīga, R St Nicholas’s Orthodox Church
Daugavpils. n Brīvības iela 140/142, Brīvības iela 202. Tel 6522 3886.
6523 3822. ∑ jekabpils.lv t Daugavpils
E Mans’s Gallery
Founded as a settlement for Old Brīvības iela 154. Tel 6523 1953. Open See pp200–201.
Believers (see p126), Jēkabpils 9am–6pm Mon–Sat. ∑ manss.lv
received town rights from Jakob E Selian Farmstead
Kettler, Duke of Courland (see
p139), in 1670. Filozofu iela 6. Tel 6522 1042. y Krāslava
Open May–Oct: 10am–6pm Mon–Fri,
In the town centre, the Neo- 10am–5pm Sat & Sun. & Road Map E4. * 11,500. @ from
Byzantine St Nicholas’s Ortho- Daugavpils. n Pils iela 2, 6562 2201.
dox Church (Sv Nikolaja + Krustpils Castle ∑ visitkraslava.com
pareizticīgo baznīca) was built Rīgas iela 216b. Tel 6522 1042.
in 1910. Close by, the large Open May–Oct: 9am–6pm Mon–Fri, Attractively set alongside the
private Mans’s Gallery was one 10am–5pm Sat & Sun; Nov–Apr: Daugava river, the town of
of the first to open in post- 9am–5pm Mon–Fri, 10am–4pm Sat Krāslava is largely composed of
Soviet Latvia. East of the centre, & Sun. ∑ jekabpilsmuzejs.lv two-storey wooden build ings.
the Selian Farmstead (Sēļu Although there are few specific
sēta) is an open-air museum r Līvāni sights to draw visitors, it is a
with 19th-century buildings, pleasant place to visit.
including a farm house, a smithy Road Map E4. * 11,000. £ Standing on an artificial hill,
and a windmill. n Domes iela 1b, 6538 1856. the 1750 Baroque Krāslava Castle
On the opposite side of the _ Town Festival (Jul), International (Krāslavas pils) houses the
Daugava river lies the 13th-cen- Folk Festival (Sep). ∑ livani.lv Krāslava Museum, dedica ted
tury Krustpils Castle (Krustpils to local arts and history. The
pils). Destroyed during the With a long history as an indus- Catholic Church (Katoļu baznīca)
Livonian Wars (1558–83), it was trial centre, Līvāni takes pride in stands on the town’s other hill. It
reconstruc ted in 1585 and mod- its glass factory, which opened is the finest of the Baroque build-
ified in 1849. Though the castle in 1887. The on-site Glass ings in Latgale. Its imposing
is largely dilapidated, several of Museum (Stikla muzejs) offers fresco, depicting St Ludovik leav-
its rooms have been restored, glass-blowing demonstrations. ing for the Crusades, was painted

Krāslava town, with rows of pretty houses along the Daugava river
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp302–303 and pp324–5

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