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Elizabetes iela 10a (Pēkšēns–Eisenstein Building), Riga
Two authors share this facade: Konstantīns Pēkšēns drew the building, and Mikhail Eisenstein — taking over during construction…
Region
Latvia
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Elizabetes iela 10b (Eisenstein Facade), Riga
Two enormous faces stare down the street. Behind them is an ordinary apartment block, and that is the…
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Elizabetes iela 33 (Art Nouveau Facade), Riga
Just around the corner from Albert Street, an earlier note in Eisenstein’s decorated Riga.
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Ernst Glück Bible Museum
A seventeenth-century Latvian residence where Johann Ernst Glück translated the Bible into Latvian in 1694, now a museum…
Palace
Firck Palace
A Courland palace in Talsi now home to the Talsi County Museum, preserving regional heritage and local history.
Freedom Monument, Riga
Rising 42 metres above the centre of Riga, the Freedom Monument is the most important national symbol of…
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Gaujiena Castle
A 13th-century Crusader castle in Vidzeme, northern Latvia, severely damaged during the Great Northern War and subsequently abandoned.
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Grobiņa Castle
A medieval Latvian fortress standing near an ancient Curonian hill possibly linked to the legendary 9th-century Seeburg of…
Zone
Historic Centre of Riga
The largest and most intact Hanseatic merchant city in the Baltic region and the capital of what is…
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