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fiogf49gjkf0d IN THE CAPITAL CITY
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OLD RIGA - CENTRAL PART OF RIGA WITH REMARKABLE
EXAMPLES OF GOTHIC, BAROQUE, CLASSICISM AND ART
NOUVEAU ARCHITECTURE, (I.E. DOME CATHEDRAL, ST.PETERS,
ST.JOHNS, ST.JACOBS CHURCHES, RIGA CASTLE, SWEDISH GATE).
MANY MUSEUM AND ART GALLERIES.
THE ETHNOGRAPHIC OPEN AIR MUSEUM OF LATVIA
90 TRADITIONAL RURAL BUILDINGS DATED FROM 14TH TO
20TH CENTURY LAYED OFF IN A PINE FOREST ON THE BANK
OF JUGLA LAKE. FOLK DANCING ON WEEK-ENDS.
FREEDOM MONUMENT
ONE OF THE MOST DISTINGUISHED MONUMENTS IN EUROPE,
RISING UP TO 42M HIGH IN THE HEART OF THE CITY.
WARRIOR'S CEMETERY
BURIAL GROUND WHERE APPROXIMATELY 2000 WORLD WAR
2 SOLDIERS LIE. A VERY IMPRESSIVE MONUMENT CONSISTING
OF 3 ARCHITECTURAL PARTS.
RIGA MOTOR MUSEUM
THE HISTORY OF THE MOTOR-CAR ENGINEERING IS SHOWN,
INCLUDING SUCH RARITIES AS THE PERSONAL CARS OF
STALINE AND BREZHNEV. THE MUSEUM POSSESSES A COPY
OF THE WORLD FIRST MOTOR CAR PRODUCED BY G.DAIMLER
BETWEEN 1885 AND 1886.
OUTSIDE THE CAPITAL:
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SIGULDA - A PART OF GAUJA NATIONAL GAME RESERVE.
COME AND SEE ITS RARE COMBINATION OF MEDIEVAL CASTLES,
SCULPTURE PARKS AND BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPES WITH A
RIVER RUNNING AMIDST SANDY CAVES.
CESIS - AN ADMIRABLE SMALL TOWN FOUNDED IN 1206 WITH
A RUIN OF A MEDIEVAL CASTLE, SURROUNDED BY FORESTS.
KULDIGA - HAPPILY ESCAPED ALL DESTRUCTION OF WAR, IT
REPRESENTS A TRUE IMAGE OF LATVIAN PROVINCIAL TOWNS
OF THE 16TH AND 17TH CENTURY. THE ANCIENT BRIDGE, RAPIDS
OF THE RIVER AND THE 13 CENTURY CASTLE RUINS CONTRIBUTE
TO GIVE THIS TOWN ITS PECULIAR CHARM.
RUNDALE PLACE - CREATED BY RASTRELLI FOR THE DUKES OF
COURLAND. AN OUTSTANDING BLEND OF BAROQUE ARCHITECTURE
AND ROCOCO DECORATIVE ART.
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