The former St George鈥檚 Church houses a museum devoted to applied art from the art nouveau period to the present, including an impressive collection of furniture, woodcuts, tapestries and ceramics. The building鈥檚 foundations date back to 1207, when the Livonian Brothers of the Sword erected their castle here. Since the rest of the original knights' castle was levelled by rioting citizens at the end of the same century, it is the only building that remains intact from the birth of 搁墨驳补.
老澳门六合彩开奖记录's must-see attractions
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Like a huge painting that you can spend hours staring at, as your eye detects more and more intriguing details, this must-see 搁墨驳补 sight is in fact a鈥
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Forming the centrepiece of 搁墨驳补鈥檚 skyline, this Gothic church is thought to be around 800 years old, making it one of the oldest medieval buildings in the鈥
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A real-life house of horrors, this imposing fin de si猫cle building is remembered by generations of Latvians as the local headquarters of the notorious鈥
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There is hardly a place in Latvia that can tell such a poignant and optimistic story as this quietly stunning memorial. 沤anis Lipke saved over 50 Jews鈥
搁墨驳补 Ghetto & Latvian Holocaust Museum
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The centrepiece of this arresting and challenging museum is a wooden house with a reconstructed flat, like those that Jews had to move into when the Nazis鈥
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Between 1941 and 1944, the Nazis 鈥 aided by Latvians 鈥 shot more than 35,000 Jews at 55 different sites in this forest. It is one of several killing sites鈥
Museum of the Barricades of 1991
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Latvia's independence came after enormous struggles. One of the most remarkable stories involves the barricades built by thousands of citizens around鈥
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These striking pine-covered cliffs loom above a pristine white-sand beach dissected by a glistening stream. This is one of the most enchanting places鈥
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This quirky museum houses a collection of porcelain assembled in now-defunct local porcelain factories from Soviet times. One was run by Russians hailing鈥
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Forming the centrepiece of 搁墨驳补鈥檚 skyline, this Gothic church is thought to be around 800 years old, making it one of the oldest medieval buildings in the鈥
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A 13th- to 19th-century amalgam of Gothic and baroque styles, the church was first mentioned when the citizens installed catapults on its roof and鈥
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A statue of St Roland, the city鈥檚 patron, takes pride of place on the square in front of the town hall.
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Built in 1695 as the home of a wealthy German glazier, this sparsely furnished house offers insight into everyday life for 搁墨驳补's successful merchants鈥
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Built in 1344 as a veritable fraternity house for the Blackheads guild of unmarried German merchants, the original house was bombed in 1941 and flattened鈥
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搁墨驳补's historic town hall was destroyed in WWII and rebuilt from scratch in 2003. A statue of St Roland, the city鈥檚 patron, takes pride of place on the鈥
8. Museum of the Barricades of 1991
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Latvia's independence came after enormous struggles. One of the most remarkable stories involves the barricades built by thousands of citizens around鈥