Viesīte Freedom Monument
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Viesīte Freedom Monument

Monument to the victory of Latvian national partisans in 1919

Author: The author of the monument is the sculptor V. Jákobsons, it was carved in Finnish granite by the stonemason V. Treijs.

Material: Finnish granite

Form: The monument depicts an ancient Latvian soldier saluting the sun after a victory.

Location: Viesīte, Brīvības street 31-29, Jēkabpils municipality

Opened: August 11, 1935

Write:

Freedom is the life of the nation

Here, on October 14, 1919, the Latvian partisans won a victory over the Germans
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