2004 Latvia 1 Lats, Vidzeme, econd in the three-coin series named Time. Vidzeme is the northern province of Latvia, covering the area from Riga - the capital - to the border of Estonia. Sigulda, Cesis and Valmiera are among the historical small towns situated in the area, and Gauja, the longest river in Latvia, also flows through the province. Nowhere in Latvia have the wars of the 17th and 18th centuries left such devastation as in Vidzeme, where entire parishes remained abandoned as a result