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Riga, the capital of Latvia and a major commercial center, sits on the Daugava River, which feeds the Gulf of Riga and the Baltic Sea. The city developed as an industrial center during the 19th century, taking advantage of its location by focusing on the shipping industry, especially transportation and boat manufacture.
Riga
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Palace of Culture
L. V. Rudnev
1952-55
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Tiesu Pils (Justizpalast), heute Sitz der lettischen Regierung
F. Skujin
1936-38
- Apartment building
1937
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Bauten im Kurbad Kemmern
F. Skujin
1928-33
- Detached house
1931
- Detached house
T. Hermanovskis
1927
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«Splendid Palace» movie theatre
F. Skujin
1921-22
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persons
*November 30, 1852 Karl Heinrich Ehmcke
*October 12, 1858 Wilhelm Bockslaff
*1860 August Reinberg
*May 25, 1880 Eizens Laube
*April 5, 1881 Edgar Friesendorff
*June 28, 1882 Jānis Gailis
*1884 Max Deubner
*1890 Friedrich Skujin
*August 18, 1893 Aleksandrs Birzenieks
*August 25, 1894 Arturs Galindoms
*July 22, 1895 Gvido Dīcmanis
*1900 Friedrich Krauss
*March 21, 1908 Meir Ben-Uri
*May 26, 1910 Arturs Damroze
*January 14, 1913 Irēna Janovna Dāvidsone
*December 17, 1925 Georgs Barkāns
*January 17, 1925 Gunnar Birkerts
*March 25, 1929 Daina Danneberga
*January 3, 1935 Meinhard von Gerkan
*1963 Armand Grüntuch
†March 11, 1820 Christian Friedrich Breitkreutz
†October 4, 1890 Otto Dietze
†September 16, 1932 Karl Heinrich Ehmcke
†1957 Jānis Gailis
†July 18, 1969 Aleksandrs Cīrulis
†July 2, 1973 Gvido Dīcmanis
†January 3, 1980 Aleksandrs Birzenieks
†April 4, 1988 Irēna Janovna Dāvidsone
*October 12, 1858 Wilhelm Bockslaff
*1860 August Reinberg
*May 25, 1880 Eizens Laube
*April 5, 1881 Edgar Friesendorff
*June 28, 1882 Jānis Gailis
*1884 Max Deubner
*1890 Friedrich Skujin
*August 18, 1893 Aleksandrs Birzenieks
*August 25, 1894 Arturs Galindoms
*July 22, 1895 Gvido Dīcmanis
*1900 Friedrich Krauss
*March 21, 1908 Meir Ben-Uri
*May 26, 1910 Arturs Damroze
*January 14, 1913 Irēna Janovna Dāvidsone
*December 17, 1925 Georgs Barkāns
*January 17, 1925 Gunnar Birkerts
*March 25, 1929 Daina Danneberga
*January 3, 1935 Meinhard von Gerkan
*1963 Armand Grüntuch
†March 11, 1820 Christian Friedrich Breitkreutz
†October 4, 1890 Otto Dietze
†September 16, 1932 Karl Heinrich Ehmcke
†1957 Jānis Gailis
†July 18, 1969 Aleksandrs Cīrulis
†July 2, 1973 Gvido Dīcmanis
†January 3, 1980 Aleksandrs Birzenieks
†April 4, 1988 Irēna Janovna Dāvidsone
reference
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Baltisk arkitektur
i det 20. århundrede - arkitekturguide til Tallinn, Riga, Vilnius og Kaunas
A. T. Mørch
Kunstakademiets arkitektskole; 1996
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Das mittelalterliche Riga
ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der norddeutschen Baukunst
W. Neumann
v. Hirschheydt Verlag; 1977
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Rīga, kuras nav | Never-built Riga
J. Lejnieks
Zinātne; 1998
- Riga
M. Sack, R. R. M. Borchard
Edition Axel Menges; 1999
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Jugendstilmetropole Riga
J. Krastiņš
Hinstorff Verlag; 1996
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Jugendstil in der Rigaer Baukunst
J. Krastiņš
Neuthor-Verlag; 1992
- Baltic Capitals
Tallinn, Riga, Vilnius and Kaliningrad
N. Taylor
Bradt Travel Guides; 2003
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