German language teacher of famous Latvian poet Janis Rainis – Gustav Bazeners (1827-1883), who worked at the German school in Griva, was buried in Berkeneles Lutheran Cemetery.

In Catholic cemetery in Viski, near the entrance on the left side, there is a mass grave of 20 soldiers of the I and V regiment of the I Legion, who fell in the battle near Vishki and Dubna.

Sculptor Vilnis Titans created four granite sculptures and placed them in the most remote locations in Latvia within the project “Latvia in the Sun’s Sign”. “Saules puķe” denotes the farthest southern point.

The mass murder place of where Jews from Viski and Dagda is located in Klana Viski, Viski parish. In 2001 the memorial place was built and a small granite stone was placed here.

The memorial stone is set in Vasilova, on the left side of the highway Daugavpils-Rezekne, at the place where Vasilova halfmanor is located. The father of Janis Rainis Krisjanis Pliekshan rented the halfmanor in Vasilova since 1981.

Three stone composition marks in details the Revolution of 1905, the wars and the experienced pain of export, as well as people’s experienced sufferings in Kalupe.

The first Catholic Church was built in Viski thanks to Mols family in 1621. Mausoleum of the Mols is located in the village of Viski near lake Dotka at the place of the old (1715) wooden church.

13 graves of the Plater-Ziberg family have survived in the old Patmali cemetery in Liksna municipality.

Oskar Svenson (1822-1884) was a priest in Egyptian (Vilkumiesta) Lutheran parish church; he was the first teacher of Janis Pliekshan (Rainis).