LLI-447 “Explore Balts”
Kurzeme Planning Region has issued a new tourism guide “Curonians and Samogitians”. It covers more than 100 objects related to the cultural history of the two balts’ tribes in Lithuania and Latvia. For the convenience of travellers, the objects have been merged into 7 destinations in Kurzeme and 6 in Lithuania. Starting with June the guide will be available at tourism centres in Kurzeme free of charge.
As part of creating the cultural route “Balts’ Road”, along with the tourism guides on Semigallians and Selonians issued by Zemgale Planning Region, a new tourism guide has just been made on exploring the two other balts’ tribes – Curonians and Samogitians.
Despite fragmentation over many centuries, the largest balts’ tribes – Curonians, Semigallians, Selonians, Lettigalians, Samogitians, Aukštaitians, Prussians and Yotvingians – managed to protect themselves against the attacks of their neighbours, and were the last tibes in Europe to resist the German conquerors. The fame of Balts’ warriors echoed across the Baltic Sea – Scandinavians begged God to defend them against Curonians, ancient forests of Samogitia – deep and impenetrable, protected the Samogitians for many centuries.
Over time, most of the balts’ tribes disappeared, yet the balts’ hisotry and customs have been inherited in Latvians and Lithuianians. We, Latvians and Lithuianians, as the balts’ descentants, must protect the fragile and unique balts’ history and culture, learn about it ourselves and pass the knowledge to history and culture enthusiasts of other nations!
More info on cultural route “Balts’ Road” tourism objects: www.baltukelias.lt.
The travel guide has been published with Interreg V-A Latvia-Lithuania Programme 2014-2020 Project No. LLI-447 “Exploring Balts and Promoting Awareness of the International Cultural Route “Balts’ Road” (”Explore Balts”) support. Project activities are being implemented with the support of the Interreg V-A Latvia-Lithuania Programme 2014-2020.
Information provided by:
Alise Lūse,
Explore Balts Project Manager
Kurzeme Planning Region
Tel.: + 371 26567874, alise.luse@kurzemesregions.lv
