Ворота в Европу. Город Елгава, Латвия.

Gateway to Europe. City of Jelgava, Latvia. On the site of the city of Jelgava (Jelgava), in German Mitau, about 4 thousand years ago there already existed the first settlement (fortification). And only after the first castle of the named "Mitava" was built on this place in 1265, the settlement received the status of a city with the same name. For a long time the city was considered a "gateway to Europe". In the Middle Ages the city was very progressive. In 1617, they proclaimed one of the first constitutions in Europe, in 1648 the city already had a water supply. Music: youtube.com/user/NoCopyrightSounds

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