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RIGA, LATVIA 🇱🇻: SNOWBIRD

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24dec21

RIGA, LATVIA 🇱🇻: SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY

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1905 Bloody Sunday Monument The events of Bloody Sunday in St. Petersburg on January 9, 1905, when hundreds of peaceful protestors were slaughtered by their tsar, inspired Latvians to show their solidarity with the workers of the Russian capital by staging a strike during which meetings were held, songs sung and demands for greater autonomy made. This ominous powder keg was finally lit a few days later on January 13 when peaceful demonstrators met a Russian military force near the River Daugava. Shots were fired and panic ensued. Some demonstrators were killed by bullets and others fell through the ice in the river and drowned. All told, at least 70 perished and another 200 were injured. A decidedly Soviet statue with two proletarians hoisting a flag now approximates the spot where the carnage occurred and the street is also named after the incident – 13.janvāra iela. (iyp)
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Riga, Latvia 🇱🇻
24dec21

RIGA, LATVIA 🇱🇻: HISTORY & ARCHITECTURE

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Latvijas Radio is a national cultural institution.
Began in 1925.
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Riga, Latvia 🇱🇻
24dec21
Riga Cathedral
Built 1211.
Riga, Latvia 🇱🇻
24dec21
St. Peter’s Church (Latvian: Svētā Pētera Evaņģēliski luteriskā baznīca) is a Lutheran church dedicated to Saint Peter.
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At the beginning of the Last Supper, Jesus washed his disciples’ feet. Peter initially refused to let Jesus wash his feet, but when Jesus told him: “If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me”, Peter replied: “Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head” (John 13:2–11).
Riga Castle 🏰
Est. 1330
Today, official residence of the President of Latvia.
Old Riga Palace Hotel

RIGA, LATVIA 🇱🇻: “COMFORT FOOD” MAC ‘N’ CHEESE at TIKI BAR RIGA

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It’s been soooo cold and snowy here in Riga. I didn’t even know I needed Mac ‘n’ Cheese until I saw the sign…walked into Tiki Bar Riga, and I was immediately ‘comforted.’ 😊

Classic Mac ‘n’ Cheese at Tiki Bar Riga Audēju iela 8 23Dec21

RIGA, LATVIA 🇱🇻: MAZĀ GILDE

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The Small Guild (Latvian: Mazā ģilde). 3/5 Amatu Street. Erected in the years 1864—66 in Neo-Gothic style.
Riga, Latvia 🇱🇻
23dec21

RIGA, LATVIA 🇱🇻: THE HOUSE OF THE BLACKHEADS

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The House of the Blackheads. Erected during the first third of the 14th century for the Brotherhood of Blackheads, a guild for unmarried merchants, shipowners, and foreigners in Riga.
The building was bombed to a ruin by the Germans on June 28, 1941 – a week after the launching of Operation Barbarossa – and the remains were demolished by the Soviets in 1948. It was rebuilt between 1996 and 1999. (w)
Riga, Latvia 🇱🇻
23dec21

RIGA, LATVIA 🇱🇻: FEELING FREE

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“𝙸 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎.”
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~𝙹𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝙺𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚊𝚌
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𝚁𝚒𝚐𝚊, 𝙻𝚊𝚝𝚟𝚒𝚊 🇱🇻
𝟸𝟹𝙳𝚎𝚌 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟷
Statue of Roland
The real Roland was a close confidant of the Holy Roman Emperor and died at the Battle of Roncevaux in 778.
Riga, Latvia 🇱🇻