There are several sacred locations in Kurzeme, including so-called Idol hills. Some of them are in the proximity of Curonian hillforts. This is a tradition that is also widespread in Lithuania. The best-known idol hills in Kurzeme are at Dunalka, Durbe, Gavieze, Asīte, Gramzda, Dižlāņi, Vērgale, the Saulītēnu ancient site, the Aizvīķi hillfort, and the Kazdanga Roņu church hillock. These sites differ from hillforts in that they are quite flat and with several access points. Defence of territory was never their primary function. Today the idol hill at Dižlāņi has the ruins of a two-story brick building (a former prayer chapel for the von Keiserling family). The family’s graveyard is also found here with gravestones made of granite and cast iron.
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