Salaspils, Latvia, has seen much suffering: A terrible battle nearby killed thousands in 1605, and more than 100,000 died in a Nazi concentration camp there.
Salaspils was also the site of Latvia's nuclear reactor that has recently stopped operating. The town is 11 mi/18 km southeast of Riga.
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