Historic Centre of Riga
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Location
Riga

Country
Latvia

Year of Research
1997

Culture
  • It was a major place of the Hanseatic League, deriving its prosperity in the 13th–15th centuries from the trade with central and eastern Europe.
  • The urban fabric of its medieval centre shows this prosperity and most of its earliest buildings were destructed by fire or war.
  • In the 19th century,it became an important economic centre. It is generally recognized as the finest collection of art nouveau architecture in Europe.