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May 8, 2010 Riga, Latvia Come join "TheCeļotājs" journey through time past and time present with a visit to the Raiņa kapsēta. Raiņa kapsēta is named after its most illustrious internee: the writer Janis Plieksans aka 'Rainis'. The gate was designed by Aleksandrs Birzenieks in 1929. The beautiful monument to Rainis, set in a classical rotunda, was designed by Kārlis Zemdegs and carved from a 700-ton granite block. When it was unveiled in 1935, it was the largest monolith sculpture in Europe. During the Soviet occupation part of the cemetery was reserved for those who died in the cause of Communism. Designed in 1970 by Ivars Strautmanis, who also helped make the Sister Monument in Doma laukums, the main feature is the high pylon with a bronze sculpture of the winged goddess of victory. The colonade was made by P Ārends Among the many notable memorials in the cemetery are those to: the writer Ēriks Ādamsons, the singer Rudolfs Bērziņš, the folklorist Ernests Brastiņš, the writer Aleksandrs Čaks, the ballet master Jevgenijis Čanga, the politician Arnolds Deglavs, the writer Sudraba Edžus, the writer Klāvs Elsbergs, the communist Fricis Gaiļis, the chemist Solomons Hillers, the academic Dzidra Kalniņa, the sculptor Eduards Kalniņš, the writer Mirdza Kempe, one-time mayor of Riga Vilhelms Lecis, the critic Arturs Lielais, the actor Harijs Liepins, the musician Jāzeps Mediņš, the writer Kārlis Rudevics the writer Bruno Saulītes, the writer Velta Spāre, The architect Ernests Štālbergs, the writer Elina Zalite, the sculpturer Teodors Zalkalns, and the scientist Jānis Zutis.