A Quiet Centre Street

Riga Day 1

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July 14th 2019
14 July 2019 A coach took us the 20k into Riga and we spent the day there. As well as having an old town with a maze of cobbled streets and a selection of churches and other interesting sights, Riga has a district called the Quiet Centre which is full of buildings built in the early 20th century with audacious highly carved frontages known as Art Nouveau. We had a ... read more

Europe » Latvia

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After a brief period of independence between the two World Wars, Latvia was annexed by the USSR in 1940. It reestablished its independence in 1991 following the breakup of the Soviet Union. Although the last Russian troops left in 1994, the status of... ... read more