Castle mound, hillfort

Temple Hill

Inside object
Object of interest
Granite Obelisk
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Description
 is situated on the south-western part of the Cemetery Peninsula. In 1807 a granite rotunda or temple of glory was built on the hill in honour of the faithful fighters of the Northern War - Swedish Captain Wolf and Russian Field-Marshal Sheremetiev. One of the most popular of the many legends tells that during the war the warriors had brought soil to the Temple Hill in their hats to have a better shooting range across the lake to the Aluksne Castle. To make the surroundings of the town more beautiful and attractive, the Tourism Committee started to build different objects in 1937. The Sun Bridge on the Temple Hill was built in 1938, restored in 1995.
Interesting objects around
Technical object
Saules Bridge (Sun Bridge) 4 82 m
Object of interest
Granite Obelisk 1
Graveyard
Aluksne cemetery 1 250 m
Island
Maria Island (Castle Island) 1 497 m
Ruins
Livonian Order Castle Ruins 8 603 m
Architectural record
Alexandr's Pavilion 1 780 m
Monument
Monument to Fitinghof 2 803 m
Park
Aluksne Manor Park 7 864 m
Culture house
Aluksne Culture House 900 m
Architectural record
Aiolos Temple 2 916 m
Tree
Melnuma pine 1 1.1 km
Curch
Aluksne Evangelic Lutheran Church 6 1.1 km
GraveyardArchitectural recordMemorial
Warrior 1.1 km
Tourism information
Aluksne Regional Tourist Information Centre 1 1.1 km
Manor development
The New Palace for Baron Fitinghof 4 1.1 km
Inside object
Granite Obelisk
Granite Obelisk
Nearest in category(-ies):
Culture, history
Technical object
Saules Bridge (Sun Bridge)
Ruins
Livonian Order Castle Ruins
Monument
Monument to Fitinghof
GraveyardArchitectural recordMemorial
Warrior
Manor development
The New Palace for Baron Fitinghof