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KAPSĒDE GIANT BOULDER

Nature / landscape

Its impressive circumference reaches 16.20 m. A legend explains why part of the boulder is split off: “Devil stole the stone from the Castle of Thunderer, but the Thunderer caught the thief and split the stone with a lightning bolt”. Another story tells that “once upon a time the huge stone was carried by a grey-haired old man in his cart. While on the way, a harsh thunderstorm scared the old man, who dropped the stone on the ground”. The inscription on the boulder was engraved during the First World War.

Country

Latvia

Historic land

Couronia

Nature / landscape

Stones

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