Vecriga (Old Riga, Old Town)

(46)
The Museum of the Occupation of Latvia
Riga Stock Exchange Building
St. Maria Magdalena Catholic Church
Next to St. Jacob’s Church, on Klosteru iela 2, there is St. Maria Magdalena Church built at the end of the 13th century or the beginning of the 14th century for the needs of the Cistercian women_
Latvian Sport Museum
Latvian Museum of Architecture
The Latvian Museum of Architecture was founded in 1994. It is housed in one of the three buildings (15th-16th centuries) that form the ensemble of architectural monuments that bear the unofficial name Tris_
"Kabata" - Independent Theatre
"Arsenals" Exhibition Hall (National Museum of Art)
The exhibition hall operates in an in early 19th century customs warehouse designed by the architect I.E. de Vitte and built in 1823 in a late Russian classical style. "The collection is based on works_
Town Hall Square, Rolands' Statue
House of Knighthood (Now Building of Saeima - the Latvian Parliament)
Not far from the “Three Brothers” on Jēkaba iela 11 there is a famous architectural monument of newer times: Vidzeme House of the Knighthood (presently the Saeima (Parliament) of the Republic_
"Austrumu robeza" ("Eastern Border") - theater, restaurant
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._
Latvian Museum of Photography
The Museum answers the need for the collection, preservation and exhibition of national photographic values. Its research is directed into the history of Latvian photography as an inseparable and unique_
House of Artists
Former Castle of Peter I
Museum of the History of Riga and Navigation
The Museum of the History of Riga and Navigation was founded on Nikolaus von Himsel's private collection in 1773. Now it is considered to be one of _
"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_
The Large Guild
One of the oldest and most interesting buildings in Riga is the Great Guild, which was built in 1858 and is located between Zirgu, Amatu and Kaleju streets. In 1282 Riga joined the North German city trading_
Foreign Art Museum
On 22nd of August 2011 in the very heart of Old Riga – Doma Square 6 - the new Museum of Art “Riga Bourse” was opened. National architectural monument Riga Bourse was built between 1852_
Riga Porcelain Museum
The only museum of porcelain in the Baltic countries is situated in Riga. The museum was opened not long ago, at the end of 2001. A vast collection of Riga porcelain_
11th November Embankment
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_