Letgallen
Letgallens beliggenhed i Letland
Letgallen (letgallisk: Latgola, lettisk: Latgale) er den østligst beliggende af Letlands fire nuværende regioner.
I Letlands første republik før 2. verdenskrig var letgallisk regions- og forvaltningssproget i Letgallen. Sproget tales stadig af ca. 150.000 mennesker, men der bliver ikke undervist i det i skolerne i regionen. De største byer i Letgallen er Daugavpils og Rēzekne.
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Koordinater: 56°31′21″N 27°01′57″Ø / 56.5225°N 27.0324°Ø
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A woodcut of Latvia's capital Riga, dating from a 1575 French edition of Sebastian Münster's encyclopedic work, the Cosmographia Universalis. This woodcut (1547) was first published in Cosmographia reissue in 1550. The author of this woodcut, Hans Johann Hasentöter, has also written an article about Livonia and translated Lord's Prayer to Latvian - both were included in 1550 issue of Cosmographia.
A woodcut of Latvia's capital Riga, dating from a 1575 French edition of Sebastian Münster's encyclopedic work, the Cosmographia Universalis. This woodcut (1547) was first published in Cosmographia reissue in 1550. The author of this woodcut, Hans Johann Hasentöter, has also written an article about Livonia and translated Lord's Prayer to Latvian - both were included in 1550 issue of Cosmographia.