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Riga is one of the largest cities in the Baltic Sea. It is not only geographically, but also at cultural crossroads - there your soul may find rest, entertainment and an unforgettable experience for the tourists from the East and the West. No wonder that Riga was declared the European Capital of Culture in 2014. Riga is the purpose of the close of any European city. Riga is easily accessible from the UK a...

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The Verman Garden

The Verman Garden was one of the first public gardens created in the 19th century. The Garden is located in the heart of Riga's streets between Cr.Baron, Terbatas and Elizabetes. The park was officially opened on June 8, 1817. Originally the area was 8 hectares of the park. Now the park has the area of 5 ha. The City has given Anna Gertrud Woermann, a part of the park with exotic trees, a rose garden and a restaurant. Initially, there was a fence around the par...

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The Convent Court

The Convent Court has its origins in the first half of the 13th century, when the Order of the Sword built a castle on the site of the Order. Rigans destroyed this castle in 1297. When the Order began the construction of a new residence in 1330 on the banks of the Daugava River, the former castle suffered the Convent of the Holy Spirit founded an orphanage. From him and then went the current name Convent Court. Since 1554 in the courtyard of the Convent were onl...

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Arc de Triomphe or the Aleksandrov Gates

Arc de Triomphe or the Aleksandrov gates are in the park Viesturs. This is the only triumphal arch in Latvia. The author is ID Gottfried. The arch is made after the example of the Roman triumphal arch. It was built in 1817 at the end of Alexander Street (today Brivibas Street) near the air-bridge. The Arch was built in honor of the victory over Napoleon in 1812. The height of the arch is of 10.1 meters, the width is of 9.7 meters, the width of the carriageway...

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The Swedish Gate

The Swedish Gate is the only gate of Riga, which has been preserved to this day. The gate is located on Tornya street 11. The gate was built in 1698 to connect the inner city to the barracks and the houses outside the city walls. As well as the rest of the gates of Riga, it is opened at dawn and closed at sunset. The Swedish gate was built in the building of the street as medieval Riga towers – the Tower Jurgen, in the docum...

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The Church of St. Gertrude

The current building of the old church of St.Gertrude was built in 1864 - 1866's by the architect C. Felsko. This is a typical example of eclecticism expressed in neo-Gothic forms. In the external appearance of the church there is a vertical dominance. The decorative turrets that adorn the stepped gable turrets and spiers of the footboard confirm this. The tower of the church with a step-declining volume, the height of 63 meters is cov...

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St. John's Lutheran Church, Riga

Originally on the site of the Church of St. John was a monastery founded by the Dominicans in 1234 and named after St. John the Baptist. After numerous surgeries, around 1500 the church acquired its present appearance - with a high Gothic stepped gable, a gable roof and a small turret. In 1523 the town hall at the Dominican Convent selected. Latvian parish acquired in the property in 1582.However, a small Lutheran parish church of the ...

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TV Tower, Riga

The height of the TV tower is of 368 meters. It is one of the ten tallest TV towers in the world and the third in Europe. The observation deck is located at a height of 97 meters, from where you can see the center of Riga, Pardaugava, Riga HPP, and in fine weather, even the Gulf of Riga, the ships in it, and the highest point of Sigulda. The tower was designed by the Georgian architect Nikuradse. Zakyusale began broadcasting in 1986. For the first time the n...

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The Riga Circus

In 1880 the land on which the circus is now and its property were acquired by a well-known circus performer - Albert Salamonsky. Every summer, he came to Riga to deliver on its site a tent and show the program in which he took part. However, the tent was small and Salamonsky decided to build a stone building. The current building was constructed in the circus in 1888 by the architect Frederick John Baumanis. The Circus bu...

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The Parliament Building ( Seimas)

The building of the Seimas (Parliament) of Republic of Latvia was built in 1867 as the Vidzeme Knighthood house designed by the architect Robert Pflug and the first academically educated Latvian architect Janis Baumanis. The architecture of the building of the House of Knights was focused on the Florentine Renaissance palaces. In 1900 - 1903 the Knight's house greatly expanded the project Common Q. Neumann having a new wing on the...

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St. Jacob Cathedral

The Cathedral of St. Jacob was built in the early 13th century and it is the smallest of the churches of Old Riga. At first it was outside the city walls. The Cathedral burned, was rebuilt, reconstructed and completed several times. From the original appearance of the church it is best that the altar room has survived. In the 15th century, the tower clock appeared, the mechanism of which was outside of the tower under the small roof....

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The Powder Tower

It 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 ...

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The Powder Tower

It 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 ...

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The Cat House

Built 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...

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Riga Museum of Art Nouveau

A 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...

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The Three Brothers

The 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 ...

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The Laima Clock

The 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...

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The House of Blackheads

The 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...

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The Small Guild

If 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...

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The Great Guild

Historically, 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...

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The Freedom Monument

The 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...

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The Church of St. Peter

The 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...

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The Dome Cathedral in Riga

Some 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...

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Riga Castle

One 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...

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Riga Motor Museum

Despite 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...

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Riga

Riga's old town with a lot of medieval architecture, but also with area art nouveau and modern glass buildings. One of the most colorful places is the central square, one of the oldest and largest in Europe, built in several abandoned hangars, which the German armies used them as a garage for Zepp. Each hangar has a different specific. Capital of Latvia is situated on the mouth of the river Daugava in the Gulf of Riga and is a major p...

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Riga

The Verman Garden

The Convent Court

Arc de Triomphe or the Aleksandrov Gates

The Swedish Gate

The Church of St. Gertrude

St. John's Lutheran Church, Riga

TV Tower, Riga

The Riga Circus

The Parliament Building ( Seimas)

St. Jacob Cathedral

The Powder Tower

The Powder Tower

The Cat House

Riga Museum of Art Nouveau

The Three Brothers

The Laima Clock

The House of Blackheads

The Small Guild

The Great Guild

The Freedom Monument

The Church of St. Peter

The Dome Cathedral in Riga

Riga Castle

Riga Motor Museum

Madrigale hotel

Auriga hotel

Brigantino hotel

Villa Rigacci hotel

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