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DEVIL’S BENCH OF GRĪŽI

A short and curvy forest path leads to this impressive rock, which resembles an easy chair. This offers a chance to spend a bit of time in nature so as to observe the diversity of the forest and to listen to the songs of various birds. The devil’s bench of Grīži is found in a green fir forest, making out the boundary between ancient Curonian and Liivs’ lands. This testifies to the co-existence of ancient Balts' and Finno-Ugric tribes. Legends about the unusual appearance of the rock claim that the devil wanted the Curonians and Liivs to get along, so he sat on the rock until he made sure that that was the case, and that caused the impression in the stone. This rock is distinguished among similar rocks in Latvia in that it has a volume of 35 cubic metres, a circumference of 17 m, and a height of 3 m.

Country

Latvia

Historic land

Couronia

Nature / landscape

Stones

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