Liepāja facts for kids

Liepāja is a city in Latvia with town rights since 1625. It is on the Baltic Sea. It is the third largest city in the country, after Riga and Daugavpils.

Images for kids

Panorama of Liepāja in 1701, looking from the Baltic Sea
The Emigrants’ House of the Russian East-Asian Steamship Company. About 500,000 people from the Russian Empire emigrated to the United States through Liepāja.
Electric tram in Liepāja, circa 1900
Libau's 5 rubles (1915)
German Army in Liepāja, 1915
Soldiers of the Latvian National Armed Forces in Liepāja in 1920
Top secret USSR document about creating a closed military port in Liepāja. Signed by Stalin (note: there is a spelling mistake in the word "Liepāja" – Russian: Лепая) (1951)
Soviet rally in the city park, 1963
Soviet-era apartment blocks in Liepāja
Beach in Liepāja
Spoku koks (Ghost tree), an object dedicated to the Latvian rock band Līvi
Public transport in Liepāja
Men fish alongside the Tirdzniecības Kanāls (Trade Canal)
Liepājas Metalurgs
Wind turbine and remains of the Northern forts on the Baltic Sea coast
Dry docks of the Liepāja Northern Shipyard, established in 1900
Great Amber Concert Hall in Liepāja, venue of the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra
Liepāja's Olympic Centre
Rock Cafe
Interior of the St. Joseph Cathedral
University of Liepāja
Liepāja Maritime College
Pētertirgus
St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Naval Cathedral (1901–1903), architect Vasily Kosyakov
Church of St. Anna
Liepāja railway station
The ruins of the northern forts
St. Joseph church
Liepāja border marker.