My own little corner

Our trip from Riga to Jelgava,and from Jelgava to Tervete.
Add Imagefrom Jelgava to Tervete.It took us about an hour to get to Jelgava by train.
Well, while we were waiting for the bus to Tervete, we did a nice look around walk in the city.


Looks different from Riga, a lot of old buildings from PSSR architecture, and very old cathedrals. Only two big supermarkets, and not much people on the streets.

I liked the Rastrelli palace, in the center:
"The old castle (1266) of the dukes of Courland, situated on an island in the river, was destroyed by Duke Biren, who had a spacious palace erected (1738-1772) by Bartolomeo Rastrelli at the bridge across the Lielupe. The palace contains the sarcophagi of almost all of the Curonian dukes, except the last one. The future Louis XVIII sojourned in the palace between 1798 and 1800. It now functions as the LLU, Latvijas lauksaimniecības universitāte, or Latvian University of Agriculture. Other landmarks include the Baroque church of St. Anne, the tower of the destroyed Trinity church, and two handsome structures, the Villa Medem and the Academia Petrina."(wiki)

More about Jelgava from wikipedia:
Jelgava (IPA: [jælgava], pronunciation (help·info)) is a town in central Latvia about 41 km southwest of Riga with 66,087 inhabitants (2006). It is the largest town in Semigallia. Jelgava is known as the former capital of the Duchy of Courland, and was the capital of the Courland region until 1919.

Jelgava is situated on a fertile plain rising only 12 ft. above sea level on the right bank of the river Lielupe. At high water the plain and sometimes the town as well can be inundated. Jelgava is surrounded by a canal known as Jacob's Channel (initiated by Jacob Kettler) occupying the locations of former fortifications. It is a railway center and an important market for grain and timber. It is also host to Jelgava air base.

Etymology
The name Jelgava is believed to be derived from the Livonian word jelgab, meaning "low place." The origin of the German name Mitau is unclear, although it is suggested that it came from the Latvian words "mīt" or "mainīt," meaning "to exchange" or "to trade," thus making it "the place where trading takes place." An alternate explanation is that Mitau came from Mitte in der Aue, or "the middle of the Aa", referring to the Lielupe River, formerly known as the Kurländische Aa.