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S I G H T S E E I SIGHTSEEING RĪGA 2 TOWN HALL SQUARE Town Hall Square, or Rātslaukums, lies facing the stone bridge in the Old Town. In the Middle Ages, it served as an open-air market. During the 1World War II the square was completely destroyed. However, today the Town Hall has been fully rebuilt, just like the House of Blackheads, Schwabe’s House and the statue of Roland. Here one can also see the Soviet Era building from the 1970s that housed the Occupation Museum. The Occupation Museum’s exhibition has been temporarily moved to Raiņa bulvāris 7 PASS With Riga Pass - free guided walking tour of the Old Town. RIGA Starts at 10:30 in the Town Hall Square. THE HOUSE OF BLACKHEADS The House of Blackheads was constructed in the 14th century and housed a guild for unmarried merchants. It was the most prestigious and 2grand building in the city at the time. The building was severely ravaged and pillaged during WWII. In 1999, the House Riga Tourist Information Centres of Blackheads was restored as a precise replica of the original building, with its Rātslaukums 6, ph. + 371 67037900 characteristic Dutch Renaissance style Kaļķu iela 16, ph. + 371 67227444 façade and astounding ceiling paintings. The House of the Blackheads is available Working hours: for public viewing. 10:00 – 18:00 Rātslaukums 7. [email protected] ST. PETER’S CHURCH St. Peter’s Church is an imposing red brick edifice, originally built from timber in 1209, Riga Tourism Development Bureau 3then rebuilt in stone. A lift inside the spire takes visitors www.LiveRiga.com to a panorama platform offering a fantastic view over the red roofs of the Old Town and across the River Daugava. Reformācijas laukums 1 Photos: from the archives of the Tourism department of the Investment and Development Agency of Latvia and Riga Tourism Development Bureau PASS 07/2019 With Riga Pass - 50% off the entrance fee to the viewing RIGA platform in Riga St. Peter’s Church 3 4 LATVIAN NATIONAL OPERA DOME SQUARE In the heart of the Old Riga, The opera house, which there is the largest square, is located neXt to the Dome Square. The square’s city canal, is the pride current appearance goes back of Latvian musical to the 1930s when a portion and cultural life. It was 7of its medieval buildings was torn down. 4constructed in 1863 as the German On the edge of the square one can see Theater. In 1995 a full restoration Riga Cathedral. It was built as Bishop was completed. The building Albert’s Cathedral in 1211 and has since has eXcellent acoustic properties been rebuilt several times, so today it and serves as a venue for world displays a miXture of late Romanesque, class opera, ballet and pop music early Gothic and Baroque architectural performances. The eXterior of the styles. The cathedral is famous for its building shows similarities to Moscow organ, which is used in many concerts Bolshoi Theater. The interior is finely and recitals. decorated. Aspazijas bulvāris 3 THE FREEDOM ART MUSEUM RIGA MONUMENT BOURSE The Freedom Monument The building of the Art is a symbol of the Latvian Museum Riga Bourse is an independence and one of architectural monument of Riga’s major landmarks. national importance. It was built Standing on the main from 1852 to 1855, with its 5street – Brīvības iela – it can be seen 8design based on the forms of Venetian from far away. Its three stars rise Renaissance palazzo, symbolizing wealth above the trees of the city’s central and abundance. The building has been parks. To the north of the Freedom completely restored and now houses the Monument near the city canal is one Art Museum Riga Bourse. Its splendid of Riga’s sand hills – Bastejkalns, interior with plenty of gilded surfaces and which is a part of the green belt artificial marble makes the Riga Bourse around the Old Town. one of the must-see sites in Riga. The museum regularly curates international eXhibition projects as well as various cultural and art events. Doma laukums 6 LĪVU SQUARE MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY Līvu Square is relatively new, OF RIGA AND NAVIGATION built in the middle of the 20th The Museum of the History of Riga century after World War II. An and Navigation is the oldest public interesting complex of 18th museum in Latvia and one of the century residential buildings oldest in Europe, the origin of which 6has been preserved here, as well as the dates back to 1773. It is located in Great Guild Hall (merchants’ association) 9a significant 13th–20th century architectural and the Small Guild Hall (craftsmen’s monument — the Riga Cathedral ensemble, association), built in the 18th century which apart from the church comprises the and boasting rich and decorated gothic Cross Gallery, and a museum, the pride interiors. In summer, a number of of which is the Column Hall from the 18th outdoor cafes operate in Līvu Square, century. The Museum’s 16 eXposition halls and in the evenings there are outdoor tell about the creation and development of concerts, restaurants, clubs and never a Riga over more than 800 years, as well as the shortage of people. history of shipping in the territory of Latvia from the 10th century until today. Palasta iela 4 PASS With Riga Pass - 50% off the entrance fee RIGA in the Museum of the History of Riga and Navigation. ANNAS IELA GRODŅAS IELA BRĪVĪBAS IELA SPORTA IELA DAGMĀRAS IELA VIĻŅAS IELA PALĪDZĪBAS IELA VIESTURA DĀRZS ARISTIDA BRIĀNA IELA HANZAS IELA TALLINAS IELA HANZAS IELA Š IELAARLOTES BUĻĻU IELA VIĻŅAS IELA HANZAS IELA EMBŪTES IELA ANDREJSALA VALKAS IELA VAŠINGTONA ZAUBES IELA LAUKUMS VESETAS IELA LENČU IELA MAIZNĪCAS IELA RŪPNIECĪBAS IELA VERU IELA MATROŽU IELA DZEGUŽKALNS VIDUS IELA GANU IELA HANZAS IELA SALDUS IELA LOČU IELA BUĻĻU IELA SAKARU IELA MEDNIEKU IELA STRĒLNIEKU IELA MIERA IELA DAUGAVGRĪVAS IELA EMIĻA MELNGAIĻA IELA STABU IELA BRUŅINIEKU IELA DZEGUŽU IELA 100 m DZIRNAVU IELA KR. 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