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Karosta is a former Russian Imperial and Soviet naval base on the Baltic Sea, which today is a neighbourhood in Liepāja, Latvia. History. The naval base was originally constructed in 1890-1906 for Tsar Alexander III of Russia, and named Порт Императора Александра III. [1] .
16 wrz 2011 · Discover Karosta Prison Hotel in Liepāja, Latvia: Guests become prisoners on a visit to Latvian prison.
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Karosta Prison is the only military prison in Europe open to tourists. It is recognized as the most unusual and surprising hotel in the world. The building was originally intended as a military hospital but was never used for this purpose.
THE NAVAL PORT PRISON. Europe’s only military prison open to tourists, no inmate of which was ever able to escape. The building of the Karosta Prison was constructed around 1900, and it served as a prison for military personnel.
Who can you surprise by staying overnight at a hotel? Here you have a chance to spend the night in a prison which is considered to be even more impressive than the Alcatraz in the USA, to sleep on a prison bunk or an iron bed, and to have a prison meal.
PHOTOS. The prison started functioning over 100 years ago. This is the only military prison in Europe open to tourists. The prison nobody has ever escaped from. In different surveys Karosta prison is named as the most surprising and most unusual hotel in the world.
