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The 600 mm railway in Selija is an important part of Latvia's industrial cultural heritage during World War I. The aim of the research team was not only to investigate the construction process, operational objectives and impact of the 600 mm railway in Selija on the development of the region, analysing it as broadly as possible both thematically and chronologically, and in some places including it in a territorially wide area defined by its nature as part of the military infrastructure of World War I, but also to obtain as accurate as possible information about the location of the railway tracks in nature using the Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) dataset of land surface aerial laser scanning. Researchers Toms Altbergs (Mg. Eng., Industrial Heritage Expert, SJSC "Latvijas dzelzceļš"), Kārlis Dambītis (Dr. Hist., Historian, Latvian Museum of Occupation), Aivars Markots (Dr. Geol., Assistant Professor, University of Latvia) and Ilze Freiberga (Mg. Hist., Curator of Exposition and Exhibitions, Latvian Railway History Museum Jelgava)
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In the closure of the Estonian-Latvian cross-border co-operation program “Industrial Heritage” project, a unique guide about industrial heritage objects in Estonia and Latvia has been published. Image guide consists of descriptions and photographs of over 60 industrial heritage objects.
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Monet Viron vanhat tuotantolaitokset, rautatieasemat ja vesitornit ovat jääneet pois alkuperäisestä käytöstään ja toimivat nykyään matkailukohteina, jotka kutsuvat tutustumaan Viron jännittävään teollisuushistoriaan.
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Five weekends in September and October in Latvia and Estonia there will be unique industrial heritage objects open for public. Some of them are not open every day. For your convenience the objects are combined per 5 regions in to routes - Vidzeme, Kurzeme, Rīga region, as well as West- and South Estonia. Under the objects for visiting are lighthouses, mills, powerstations, watertowers, factories and railway objects.
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During this summer there were three unusual tourism destinations opened to public within the project “Industrial heritage” administered by the Kurzeme planning region: Aizpute water towerchanged into view tower, former railway station “Airītes” opened new waiting room, cashiers room and a small exposition. Additionally, Ovīši lighthouse offers absolutely new interactive exposition.
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Šī gada 29. novembrī 18 tūrisma uzņēmējiem tika pasniegtas kultūras zīmes „Latviskais mantojums” kā pateicība par līdz šim paveikto kultūras mantojuma kopšanā un daudzināšanā. Kultūras zīmju “Latviskais mantojums” saņēmēju vidū ir arī divi sadarbības tīkla “Industriālais mantojums tūrismam” objekti: Pāces vilnas pārstrādes fabrika - par vilnas pārstrādes amata uzturēšanu un daudzināšanu - un „Rideļu dzirnavas” - par dzirnavu materiālā mantojuma saglabāšanu un amatu prasmju daudzināšanu. Sadarbības tīkls ir Kurzemes plānošanas reģiona īstenotā projekta “Industriālais mantojums tūrisma attīstībai” rezultāts.
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