Koknese Park was created in 1900 at the mouth of the river Pērse in Daugava. The park is home to both native and non-native tree species, and visitors are delighted by the variety of rare wild flowers.

The park is home to the medieval ruins of Koknese Castle, the restored fountain “Fauna Head” near the secondary school, which was restored in the 1920s. The Fauna Falls is a restored, renovated head of the Fauna Fountain, which in the 1930s was located near the legendary flooded Pērse waterfall, whose place on the river bank is marked by the stone sculpture “Pērse Girl” by Juris Zihmanis. To remind us of the lost landscape, a reproduction of the Pērse Falls has been created in one of the park’s ponds, which is freely accessible during the day and illuminated in the evening and at night. It stretches over five metres and rises 1.5 metres above the water level, with cascades at different levels and protruding steps, creating as dynamic a water jet as possible. Nearby, the Devil’s Cellar has been restored and swings have been installed.

The park features many wood sculptures. The park’s grandest sculpture is the 11 m high wooden sculpture “For Eternity” by sculptor Ģirts Burvijs. The park also features the carved sculptures “Castle Tower”, “Owl”, “Catfish” and a sculpture with Latvian insignia by the sculptors Aigars and Ivars Rūrāns . Local craftsman Aldis Neija has made the park’s signposts and infrastructure objects in wood, as well as a tea house – a gazebo.

In the dark evening hours, walks in the park by lantern light are particularly romantic.

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Photos from the Aizkraukle TIC archive.