2 connections via Gulbene, Riga Pass · 6 hr 08
Saldus St John’s Church was built in 1737 on the site of a stone church.
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Saldus St John’s Church is the town’s oldest building. A stone church stood on its site in 1615, and the present church was built in 1737. Architect Wilhelm Neumann redesigned and enlarged it at the end of the 19th century. Latvian painter Jānis Rozentāls depicted the church in several paintings.
On 10 March 1919, Oskars Kalpaks’ battalion made Saldus the first Latvian town it liberated. The former market square commemorates Kalpaks, linking the town centre to this event.
