Līvāni liberation monument
The monument is located on the intersection of streets Fabrikas and Stacijas, where on June 9, 1935, it was opened by the general Rūdolfs Bangerskis in remembrance of the soldiers fallen in Līvāni Freedom Battle of 1919. Its main figure – 15 tons heavy, vertically placed cannon barrel.
In 1958 Soviet power dismantled the freedom symbol of Līvāni, cutting the cannon barrel into the scrap metal. Local residents were retaining cannon bullets during the soviet years, and in the previous place, it was returned after a half-century.
The idea of the restoration of the monument was alive in the nation all these years. The Livani Regional Council together with the citizens were actively involved in the monument restoration. Donations were collected and on October 3, 2004 the renewed Līvāni Liberation monument was opened in its historical place in the city park.
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Monument to soldiers who fell in the liberation battles for the liberation of Līvāni and their surroundings
Author: Draft by architect Pāvils Dreimanis
Material: steel cannon barrel, granite, bronze
Shape and story of the cannon: an architectural ensemble with a cannon barrel placed vertically on a five-level plinth in the center. A 15-ton cannon from the Russian army fortress was installed on a multi-stage concrete base. When it retreated during the First World War, it was abandoned for years on the side of the railway between Trepes and Līvāni stations. A granite slab with the names of 40 fallen Livani liberators was attached to the seven-meter-high monument.
Dimensions: barrel length 2m, weight 15 t
Location: Livani, near the railway station
Opened on June 9, 1935
Inscription: “Fallen for Latvia near Līvāni and the liberation of the area in 1919 Soldiers of the Jelgava Infantry Regiment ”
The names of soldiers and partisans follow
1941. damaged, restored and re-consecrated on August 10, 1941. Destroyed on April 2, 1958, restored and rediscovered on November 3, 2004.
1942. In 1935, following the instructions of the Communist Party functionaries, the Executive Committee of the Livani City Workers 'Deputies' Council decided to demolish the monument to soldiers who had fallen near the station in 1935, who fell during the War of Independence in 1919, freeing the city from the Bolsheviks. The square near the monument became the place where ceremonial events were held on national holidays in pre-occupation Latvia. The monument strangely "tolerated" the monument for quite a long time, but less than a year after the decision to dismantle it, on April 2, 1958, demolition work began, which lasted a month. The historic cannon was cut into scrap metal. It is said that a worker from Līvāni Brick Factory, who was promised a motorcycle, did it. (http://www.la.lv/1957-gada-4-oktobri-livanos accessed: 15.02.2019)
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