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Old City Riga

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Old City Riga was a major center of the Hanseatic League of the 13th-15th centuries.  The old city’s most of the earliest buildings were destroyed either by fire or by war. During the 19th century, the old city Riga became a vital economic center, during which the suburbs surrounding the medieval town were laid out and the first wooden buildings in neoclassical style came into picture.

Category: Streets, Squares and Neighbourhoods
Address: Riga, Latvia



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