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General Informations about Riga Riga is the capital of the Republic of Latvia and the geographical centre of the Baltic States.
The city's cross-roads location between Western Europe and huge Eastern markets has always been - and still is - one of Riga's attractions for business activities.
The name of Riga is known across Europe.
When in the 14th and 15th centuries Riga became one of the most important trade centers of the Hanseatic League, thecity was granted special rights to transport goods along the Daugava further to the East.
Nowadays, Riga is also an important transport junction. The main elements that make the city as a transit center are the harbor of Riga, the Riga international airport and developed railway and road networks. The historically developed transportation infrastructure has facilitated Riga's evolution as the major industrial and business center in the Baltic region. The city is well known for its architectural and cultural values, skilful labor and developed infrastructure.
Riga is not only the backbone of Latvia's economy but also the largest center of education and science. This is confirmed by a large number of cultural events, international exhibitions, scientific conferences and seminars that every year take place in Riga. |
| Dome Cathedral, Riga, Europe |
|  | The Dome Square
The Old City is in the centre of the capital of Latvia, the Dome Square is its heart. This is the favourite place for the inhabitants of Riga. In spite of its historic status, the Dome Square is the place were all kinds of different events are organized: beginning with reviews of the amateur folk dance groups and ending with fashion shows.
Of course, the attention of the tourists is drawn by the Dome Cathedral the construction of which has started right in the year of 1211. Its height reaches as far as 87 metres. During the Soviet era there was a concert hall in the building. The spark of the cathedral is its organ built in the 80-s of the XIX century considered to be the biggest in the world. It possesses 124 registers and 6712 tubes. |
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Arkeolog Thu Feb 19, 2009 07:59 UTC
Riga is in my travel list. thanks for sharing. Bora | littlesam1 Fri May 4, 2007 16:11 UTC
I just saw a special on Riga on the Travel Channel in the US. So I thought I would check out some VT pages on it also. Interesting page. | Lunaina Tue Feb 27, 2007 21:29 UTC
Like your pictures, brings back good memories, although I more like Tallinn and Helsinki. Sigulda in Latvia is great too!!! | tini58de Sat Feb 10, 2007 14:07 UTC
Nice pictures - must be a great destination to visit! |
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