Vecriga (Old Riga, Old Town)
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St. Jacob Roman Catholic Church with complex of buildings |
St. Jacob Roman Catholic Churchs one of the oldest churches in Riga. The first references to it date back to 1226. At that time it was a church for suburbs' residents. During ages the church changed_ |
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Museum of barricades of 1991 |
Museum of barricades of 1991has an exposition on display in three rooms of the Foundation where a model of the Dome Square with fires and lorries depicting the atmosphere of January 1991 is placed. There_ |
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"Kaku maja" ("Cats house") |
The Cat House is named for two black felines perched on the points of its towers. Not only did the beasts curse their first sculptor, he fatally fell while putting them up, but their purpose was to cause_ |
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Anglican Church |
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Riga castle Ensemble with Bastion Fragments |
It was founded in 1330 and has undergone repeated reconstructions. In the years of the Soviet era there was the Palace of Pioneers, at present there is the place of residence of the president of Latvia_ |
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1991. year's barricades Memorial sign |
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Latvian War Museum |
The Latvian War Museum was founded in 1916 as the Latvian Riflemen's Museum. Since 1919 the museum has been located in a 14th century powder tower, formerly one of Riga's 25 fortification towers._ |
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