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Limbaži

Also known as Lemsal

Limbaži, German Lemsal, is a town in the Vidzeme region of northern Latvia, north-east of Riga. It grew up around a castle of the bishops, later archbishops, of Riga on lands once held by the Livonians, and became one of the oldest towns in the country and a member of the Hanseatic League. It is now the centre of Limbaži Municipality.

Limbaži
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Limbaži. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/limbazi
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