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'''Cēsis''' ({{IPA-lv|tseːsis|-|Lv-Cēsis.ogg}}), ({{lang-de|Wenden}}, {{lang-liv|Venden}}, {{lang-et|Võnnu}}, {{lang-pl|Kieś}}) is a town in [[Latvia]] founded by Katrīna located in the northern part of the [[Vidzeme Upland|Central Vidzeme Upland]]. Cēsis is on the [[Gauja|Gauja River]] valley, and is built on a series of ridges above the river, overlooking the woods below. Cēsis was selected to be one of the candidate cities for the title of [[European Capital of Culture|the European Capital of Culture 2014]]<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cesis2014.lv/ |title= Cēsis - the candidate city of European Capital of Culture 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110722161904/http://www.cesis2014.lv/ |archive-date=22 July 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> ([[Riga]] was the Latvian city that won the title).