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Latvia's capital Riga and its many charms. Just the sights of Riga show the mixed culture in Riga and the cultural history of Latvia clearly. The historic center of Riga shows a lot about the history of Riga. Latvian, Russian, Polish and German elements represent elements of the culture of the country and as a cultural journey into the city of Riga is always worthwhile. Of particular interest is the Maritime Museum with its beautiful and interesting exhibits.
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sight Freedom Monument (Brīvības piemineklis)
Three gold stars crown Latvian National Monument. Three gold stars stretches Milda, the graceful female figure, on its 42 m high column of the sky. They symbolize the provinces of Latgale, Kurzeme and V...
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sight Three Brothers (Trīs brāļi)
Domestic election relatives side by side. Siblings are the three neighboring houses do not, they emerged at different times. Big Brother is the house right. With the gothic stage gable looks even like t...
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museum / gallery Occupation Museum of Latvia (Ocupācijas muzejs)
Latvian suffering shocking documents in the "Black Coffin". "Black Coffin" called the wrinkled Riga hall on Rathausplatz, where an extensive and shocking exhibition Latvian suffering under the Nazi terr...
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sight Blackheads House (Melngalvju nams)
Only unmarried merchants were previously in. The Renaissance pediment of the guild house of 1334 shaped the old town hall square (Rātslaukums). The curious name stems from the "company of the black hea...
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sight St.Petri church (Pētera baznīca)
Their fourth tower will be around forever. Rīgas beautiful church, primarily because of the baroque, in two open filigree galleries broken octagonal tower: 121 m altitude with a landmark of the city. An...
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sight Guild Houses (Lielā ģilde und Mazā ģilde)
Symbols hanseatic power. Where Meistaru iela craftsmen with colorful houses from the 16th and 17 Live at the Century Square (Livu laukums) leads, two symbols of the Hanseatic Rīgas power: the guild hous...
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sight New City Center Riga
Where Rīga revels in the Art Nouveau. New Rīga grew quickly after Czar Nicholas II had allowed 1857, the fortress walls to grind - the old long burst at the seams. The nostalgic charm of winding Vecrīga...
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sight Dome (Doma baznīca)
The most powerful church in the Baltics. 5000 people can be found in the largest church in the Baltic resort. Rīgas Even as a city founder, Bishop Albrecht, St. Mary's job was in 1211, it was because of...
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museum / gallery Riga Motormuseum (Motormuzejs)
Duration prominent guest of this original museum in the northeast of the city, the Soviet party leader Leonid Brezhnev. He sits on Wax solidifies accident in his Rolls-Royce. Even coaches from other S...
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museum / gallery Mentzendorff's House
In detail refurbished mansion you can see how Rīgas rich merchants in the 17th and 18 Century lived. The murals were restored only when the re-discovered. Here, the German-Latvian Meeting »Rigensis Do...
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