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The Powder TowerIt is not known when the Powder Tower was built. The very name of the tower - Powder, too, appeared later. It is possible that the first tower on the site for protection has been built in the 13th century. The place for the first time in papers was mentioned in the 14th century under the name of Sand Tower. The current tower was built at the turn of 15 - 16 centuries and was built to protect against bullet ...Latvia, Riga, best places to visit in Riga, sightseeing places of Riga, events in Riga in 2014, popular tourist destination in Europe, the cultural capital of Europe in 2014, nightlife in Riga, the rich cultural life of Europe, Jurmala,most famous resort of the Baltic states, reasons to come to Latvia, visit Riga, best tourism in Latvia, Riga- cap |
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The Powder TowerIt is not known when the Powder Tower was built. The very name of the tower - Powder, too, appeared later. It is possible that the first tower on the site for protection has been built in the 13th century. The place for the first time in papers was mentioned in the 14th century under the name of Sand Tower. The current tower was built at the turn of 15 - 16 centuries and was built to protect against bullet ...
The Powder Tower - The Best Places to Visit in Riga
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The Cat HouseBuilt by the architect F. Shefel, the Cat House is located on the square in front of Liv Great Guild on Meistaru 10 street. The building is well-known for the fact that there are two metal cats on the roof of the house. In 1910 this house as a residential and office building, was constructed by a rich Latvian merchant, who was not admitted to the Great Guild. The merchant was very upset and on the roof of his house two cats put , th...
The Cat House - The Best Places to Visit in Riga
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Riga Museum of Art NouveauA century ago, Riga, as well as other cities in Europe was inspired by the breath of surprised creative freedom and a luxury style of architecture and life. The nature rejoicing in an armful of flowers, ornaments, curved sleek lines, admiring the beauty of the antique, fantasizing about the sphinxes, griffins, and guard Psakhie, Art Nouveau made Riga beautiful, mysterious and provocative. Look up and discover the most beautiful art nou...
Riga Museum of Art Nouveau - The Best Places to Visit in Riga
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The Three BrothersThe Three Brothers is the oldest residential complex in Riga. It is located on the street Little Castle 17, 19, 21 (Maza Pils). The name "Three Brothers" appeared on the similarity with the "three sisters" of the city of Tallinn.The oldest surviving residential building in Riga is located at Little Castle 15 (Maza Pils 15), it is built in the late 15th century, when Riga has established contacts with merchants from ...
The Three Brothers - The Best Places to Visit in Riga
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The Laima ClockThe Laima Clock is known to everyone in Riga. There is no resident of Riga, who didn’t ever assign his date to Lima at the clock next to the Old Riga. The Clock was created in 1924 and installed in the square at the Freedom Monument. They then have called Lyme. Although the logo “Laima” appeared to them in 1936.Lima was the name of the girl. Laima was the name of the famous Chocolate Fa...
The Laima Clock - The Best Places to Visit in Riga
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The House of BlackheadsThe House of Blackheads, initially known as the new house was built in 1334. It was reconstructed several times since 1522, when Mats stones were installed at the entrance, until the 19th century, when at the entrance were sculptures of lions and an extension in the corner, the image of St. George. The Roland statue, installed in the Town Hall Square in 1896 is now in St. Peter's Church and the square is a copy made in 2000. The ho...
The House of Blackheads - The Best Places to Visit in Riga
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The Small GuildIf the Great Guild has historically united and founded by German merchants, the artisan took in the Small - guild masters. In the old days in Riga were up to 150 craft fraternities. In Soviet times the Small Guild was the House of Culture. And now the building of Riga, the Small Guild is a center of culture and folk art. As in the building of the Great Guild, there are cozy places here where concerts...
The Small Guild - The Best Places to Visit in Riga
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The Great GuildHistorically, the Grand Guild took the merchants. Riga was the largest shopping center and a member of the Hanseatic League. Also the Great Guild took some high-ranking officials, priests, men of letters, but only from the artisans of goldsmiths. The rest of the artisans had to apply to the Little Guild. The buildings guilds of Riga were multifunctional public facilities: once people prayed here, stored grain and gave shelter and lat...
The Great Guild - The Best Places to Visit in Riga
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The Freedom MonumentThe Freedom Monument is the main monument of the capital symbol of independent Latvia, the heart of Riga today, its center and a popular venue for official ceremonies. The monument was built with money collected by the people. It was opened on November 18, 1935. The monument represents a five-story composition, with a gradual increase in emotional impact. The first tier has a massive base and a terrace. The terrace is lined with pink...
The Freedom Monument - The Best Places to Visit in Riga
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The Church of St. PeterThe Church of St. Peter, located in the Old City is one of the great monuments of culture. The church of St. Peter's Lutheran Church is known as a cultural and a tourist center. The church of Sts. Peter is mentioned in the story of 1209. The church of St. Peter's was built as a city church. The construction of the church was made due to the donated money by merchants and craftsmen who had their altars i...
The Church of St. Peter - The Best Places to Visit in Riga
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The Dome Cathedral in RigaSome years ago, this magnificent cathedral, located in Riga, was closed for renovation, but after the renovation its doors were thrown open to welcoming back many tourists and locals. The construction of the Cathedral and the monastery began in 1211 and lasted for many centuries. Finally, the outlines of its Baroque 90 - meter tower acquired in 1766 in the cathedral. Its body is one of the largest in the world. It was built in the 80...
The Dome Cathedral in Riga - The Best Places to Visit in Riga
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Riga CastleOne of the most famous and popular attractions in Riga is the Riga Castle, which is visited by Russian and foreign tourists. The history of the Riga Castle dates back to 1330 when it was built after the destruction of the old castle. In 1642, when Riga was under Sweden domination, a new wing was built to the castle by the River Daugava which has survived in its original form to this day. In the days of Czarist Russia castle was rebu...
Riga Castle - The Best Places to Visit in Riga
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Riga Motor MuseumDespite the distance from the center of the city, it is well worthy to visit the Riga Motor Museum because it is the only automobile museum in the former Soviet Union. It is included in the 30-ky best technical museums in the world and in the top five in Europe. The collection includes cars and motorcycles at the beginning of the XX th century, military sports cars, limousines and 30-x years cars (inclu...
Riga Motor Museum - The Best Places to Visit in Riga
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KabweKabwe meaning Broken Hill is a town in central Zambia, the capital of Central Province. The population is about 210 thousand people. The airport of the town is located north of the capital Lusaka at a height of 1182 m. After opening of zinc deposits in 1902 in the Broken Hill the construction of infrastructure for the production and the refining of nonferrous metals (lead, zinc and vanadium) increased. In 1903 was founded “Rh...
Kabwe - The Best Places to Visit in Zambia
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NdolaNdola is the second largest city in Zambia, the administrative center of the wire. Copperbelt. International Airport. Railroad and pipeline are connected to the port of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), the Indian Ocean. This is the center for non-ferrous metallurgy, petroleum refining, chemical, light and the sugar industry. The city was founded in 1904 on the spot market of slaves. This city was called the "city drivers, banks, and t...
Ndola - The Best Places to Visit in Zambia
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The Kariba LakeLake Kariba is one of the largest lakes in the world. The lake, covering an area of about 5180 square km, is famous for its scenic beauty, attracting many tourists who come here to ride under sail, ride a water ski, sunbathe, go fishing or try their luck at the casino. One of the most remarkable achievements of the engineering construction of the century became Zimbabwe's 112-meter-high dam at Kariba...
The Kariba Lake - The Best Places to Visit in Zambia
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LusakaLusaka - a typical African metropolis The capital of Zambia is not and is unlikely to ever become a tourist center. This is a typical African city of 3.5 million, reminiscent immensely overgrown village with a single main street where are half dozen obvious "Soviet" high-rise buildings, some of which are still abandoned. And all around are slums of urban poverty, residence in which is...
Lusaka - The Best Places to Visit in Zambia
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Mosi-oa- Tunya National ParkMosi-oa-Tunya is situated on the part of Zambia at Victoria Falls. In translation it means "thundering smoke". That is how the natives called the waterfall, which was feared as a terrible God. By cascading the 128-meter-high the water flows rapidly. Moreover, this superstition was alive in the last century. In the Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park are found, zebras, giraffes, antelopes and monkeys. In ...
Mosi-oa- Tunya National Park - The Best Places to Visit in Zambia
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LivingstonSurprisingly, very few tourists visiting the Victoria Falls on the border of Zambia, Zimbabwe, have time to visit Livingstone town, adjacent to the falls from the Zambian side. Meanwhile, it deserves at least a full day for walks and visits to its local attractions. A lot of them: colonial architecture, The Locomotive Museum, the Museum of David Livingstone. It must be confessed that Livingstone was disco...
Livingston - The Best Places to Visit in Zambia
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Victoria FallsVictoria Falls is one of the wonders of the world, the largest waterfall in the world, an amazing natural phenomenon. It is located on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe, where the fourth-largest river in Africa - Zambezi rushes down from a height of 120 m to 30 m in a wide gorge of the Kololi tribe that lived in these places in the 1800s, known as Waterfall Mozi-oa-Tunya, t...
Victoria Falls - The Best Places to Visit in Zambia
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The Moyo IslandWarm sea washes the shores of Flores… this wonderful, small island appeared from a volcanic eruption. Moyo is situated between the better-known island resort island of Bali and the island of Lombok . Moyo National Park Moyo is not ver...
The Moyo Island - The Best Places to Visit in Indonesia
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The Sumatra IslandThanks to the active volcanoes, the island has beaches with dark sand. Besides the beaches, with an interesting shade of sand, Sumatra has gorgeous, pure mountain lakes. Sumatra is an island with many interesting places. Here are the ruins of palaces and temples of ancient times. There are many interesting attractions gathered on an expensive resort, called Parapat. The resort is situated on the shore of Lake Toba and keeps the...
The Sumatra Island - The Best Places to Visit in Indonesia
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The Komodo IslandThe Komodo Island is a wonderful plot of land area of 280 square meters, located on the Sunda Archipelago. Famous for being the home to giant lizards relics it is known for the "Dragons of Komodo", inhabiting the Earth half a million years ago. The only people on the island live in a fishing village called Komodo, whose inhabitants in addition to fishing, are engaged in breeding goats, that e...
The Komodo Island - The Best Places to Visit in Indonesia
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The Island of LombokExtraordinary beautiful, the island of Lombok is located east of the favorite tourist island of Bali . Between the islands there is only a small, narrow strait. Despite the fact that Lombok is less popular, it is one of the best resorts in Indonesia. The nature of the island is very beautiful. Beautiful beaches, almost unexplored rainforests, scenic wilderness fills your memory the wonderful scenery of this paradise planet. To ...
The Island of Lombok - The Best Places to Visit in Indonesia
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The Island of JavaThe beautiful island of Java, located in the beautiful country of Indonesia , is the most populous of all the other islands, but despite this, there is still an impassable, tropical jungle on the island. Despite the fact that in Indonesia there are various large islands, many of the guests do not even guess, that Java is the main island. It is associated with the heart, hands, the head and the mouth of Indonesia....
The Island of Java - The Best Places to Visit in Indonesia
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The Sulawesi IslandReminiscent of the height of an orchid, the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia is the largest island belonging to an area of 174 600 km, the 11th largest in the world relating to the Great Sunda Islands. The Sulawesi Island has an unusual form: it consists of four peninsulas clearly marked, separated from each other by deep canyons, mountains and forests. The central part of joining them is mountainous, so ...
The Sulawesi Island - The Best Places to Visit in Indonesia
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JakartaThe capital of Indonesia is a huge metropolis that is home to more than 10 million people. It is located on the island of Java . Jakarta is a city of contrasts. This city has a special charm, despite its dirty, noisy streets and the poorest neighborhoods adjacent to the huge skyscrapers. The people build their own homes here, in totally unsuitable places. The stifling heat and the chaotic traffi...
Jakarta - The Best Places to Visit in Indonesia
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The Bintan IslandTo make your stay an unforgettable vacation this article will ensure your perfect holiday in Indonesia on the island of Bintan. This information will be useful both for independent travels and tours in the finished package. The aim is to provide reliable information on the person advice and experienced persons, who fell in love with all heart with this island and are happy to share their sympathy on the resort restaurants, especiall...
The Bintan Island - The Best Places to Visit in Indonesia
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BaliGeneral information about Bali East never ceases to amaze even the most experienced travelers, and, of course, it's a pleasant surprise. Here you will find unforgettable encounters: exotic nature, a kind of architecture, ancient monuments, unique culture and extremely friendly people. These were the first impressions of managers on the islands of the Southeast Asia. And the most a...
Bali - The Best Places to Visit in Indonesia
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UbudThe history and present of Ubud Located in the central part of the island, the town of Ubud is radically different from another popular resort and it is considered the cultural center of Bali. It is a recognized center of arts and crafts, ...
Ubud - The Best Places to Visit in Indonesia
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MedeaMedea is a commune in the province of Medea , which it is a county seat, located 80 km southwest of Algiers and 50 km east of Khemis Miliana . Medea is the old Roman station of Medix or ad media, so called because it was equidistant from Tirinadi (Berrouaghia) and Sufnsar. Medea was the capital of Beylik Titteri . A Bey , Deputy dey of Algiers , resided there. Beylik of the Titteri (capital of Medea) was established in 1548. The last B...
Medea - The Best Places to Visit in Algeria
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Sidi FredjSidi Fredj is a city-resort in the Mediterranean. It is known for its beaches and luxury services which they can provide but also for the historical traces imprinted on them. It was the first city which took possession of French settlers in 1830 and also was an important port during the the Second World War. The old fortress is an attraction for tourists who come here like the landscape that it offers. Also, you can practice water sp...
Sidi Fredj - The Best Places to Visit in Algeria
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The Mzab ValleyThe Mzab Valley is an ancient habitat created around the X century by Berber Muslims. Simple, functional and perfectly adapted for the environment, the local architecture has been designed to live together, although it took into account the family structure. This architecture is the inspiration for the modern urban planners. Located 600 km south of Algeria, in the heart of the Sahara Desert,...
The Mzab Valley - The Best Places to Visit in Algeria
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Al-Kala FortressSurviving in an extraordinarily beautiful mountain town ruins of the first capital of the Hammadidov Empire, founded in 1007 and destroyed in 1152, you can create an authentic picture of a fortified Muslim city. The mosque, which prayer room has 13 aisles with eight rows of seats is one of the largest in Algeria. Beni Hammad Kala remarkable archaeological site is located 36 km n...
Al-Kala Fortress - The Best Places to Visit in Algeria
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