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Livs' village "Kosrags"

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Lettonie (Europe et Amérique du nord)
Date de soumission : 30/01/1996
Critères: (iii)
Catégorie : Culturel
Soumis par : Ministry of Culture National Cultural Monuments' Protection Committee
Coordonnées Kosrags is a populated area in Courland (Kurzeme) on the shore of the Irbe strait of the Baltic Sea
Ref.: 396

Description

Kosrags appeared at least in 1680 when its farm "Kukini" was mentioned in chronicles for the first time. By 1770 there were already 4 old farms in Kosrags (Kine Diki, Kukini, Tilmaci and Zoki). We know of two tenant-farner habitations that existed there in 1896, and were joined by another 7 habitations after 1905. The village was populated by Livs - a small ethnos that belongs to Balto-Finns and speaks an ancient Finno-Ugrish language. Little by little thay assimilated with Latvians who entered the village gradually. The houses in the village were built rather densely along the two roads: 1) the old littoral road connecting all 16 Livs' fishermen villages at that time: 2) the fishermen s road leading from the littoral road - it connected the villages with the working place near the sea. These roads have preserved their ancient shape till the present day.