File:Karl Karlovich Sievers – Memorial at Cēsis, Latvia.jpg

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English: Karl Karlovich Sievers (Graf Carl Gustav Sievers, 08.11.1771 - 18.03.1856) took part to the Battle of Borodino (7 September 1812) as General-Lieutenant, for which he was decorated.

He is also remembered for having, as owner of Cesis Castle manor estate, created the Maija parks as a public space in the early 1830's. In 1908, his son Emanuel had the bust of his father erected on the hilltop of the Maija park, Cēsis, Latvia.

On the socle, epithaphs in Russian and German.
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Author Alta Falisa
Camera location57° 18′ 53.28″ N, 25° 16′ 28.2″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

Coordinates : (57.3148, 25.2745) ± 10 m.
Location : Maija park, Cēsis, Latvia.

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Count Karl Gustav von Sievers – Memorial at Cēsis, Latvia

57°18'53.3"N, 25°16'28.2"E

6 June 2014

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