The town of Cesis is located in the northern part of Vidzeme Central upland, on the river Gauja, on high with terraces, woods of the Gauja ancient river valley.
The castle park with castlemound and ruins. The most ancient settlement centre in Cesis is the hill-fort – Riekstu hill – with a fortified wooden castle of Vends. In the 13th century construction of the Stone castle.…