Selected objects

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	The Sasmaka idolatry lime tree of Valdemarpils	This is Latvia’s largest small-leaved lime tree (Tilia cordata). Some of its mighty branches are held up by supports. There are large holes in the trunk that have been covered up to prevent water entering the holes and causing even more rot. Just like many other trees of this size, this was a sacred tree in the past
	The Dainu black alder tree	This is the thickest Black Alder (Alnus glutinosa) in Latvia
	The Kandavas pear tree	This is the thickest wild pear tree in Latvia. The tree is particularly beautiful when it is blossoming.
	The Glika oak trees	This is one of the rare cases in which we know precisely when the trees were planted. It was in 1685 and 1689, and they were planted by the priest of the local congregation, Ernest Johann Glück (1654-1705) in commemoration of the fact that he had completed the translation into Latvian of the Old Testament and the New Testament respectively.
	The Zilenu ash tree	This is the thickest European Ash (Fraxius excelsior) in Latvia and the Baltic States. The homestead where the tree is found is the memorial museum of the painter Ģederts Eliass, and for that reason, the tree is sometimes also known as the Eliass ash tree.
	The Vaidavas pine tree	This tree, too, was supposedly planted by the king of Sweden – and upside down, no less.
	The Kanepju oak tree	This is the second thickest tree in Latvia and the Baltic States. There is a large and open hole in the trunk of the tree. Like most trees of its size, it has suffered lightning damage. The tree is a wonderful part of the landscape, and a little wooden fence has been put up around it.
	The Sejas oak tree	This tree is in the park of the Sēja Estate and is one of the four trees in Latvia that have a circumference of more than four metres.
	The Kaive Oak	Most of the great tree’s mighty branches are gone, and among those that are still there, the thickest ones are held up by supports, and the tree’s hollow centre is protected against snow and rain with a little roof. This is the thickest Common Oak (Quercus robur) in Latvia and the Baltic States. Indeed, it is one of the thickest oak trees in all of Northern Europe. The tree is a gorgeous part of the surrounding landscape. There is a car park and an information stand nearby.