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Rose of Turaida
Maija (1601–1620), known as Rose of Turaida (sometimes Rose of Sigulda) was a murdered girl whose grave, in the grounds of Turaida Castle in Latvia, is still much visited.
Story.
After a battle at the foot of Turaida Castle in 1601, the castle clerk, while searching for survivors, found a baby in the arms of its dead mother. He called the child Maija and brought her up as his own. She grew up to be very beautiful and so was
of Maija in the Gutman's Cave dated August 1620. This ancient legend has led many artists to create works in praise of the devotion of The Rose of Turaida and the power of love.
Right next to Gutman's Cave is the smaller Victor's Cave. The story goes that Victor Hail hacked out this cave for his fiancée, the Rose of Turaida, so she could watch him at work in the gardens of Sigulda Castle.
The story of Maija and Victor is similar to that of "Romeo and Juliet