Turaida Castle

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Lonely Planet review

The centrepiece of Sigulda's Turaida Museum Reserve is Turaida Castle, a red-brick archbishop's castle founded in 1214 on the site of a Liv stronghold. It was blown up when lightning hit its gunpowder store in the 18th century. The restored castle - whose name, Turaida, means 'God's Garden' in ancient Livonian - is better viewed from afar, but the museum inside the 15th-century granary offers an interesting account of the Livonian state from 1319 to 1561. Further exhibitions can be viewed in the 42m Donjon Tower and the castle's western and southern towers.