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Latvia accepted the convention on 10 January 1995, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list. [3] It has three sites on the list, all of them listed for their cultural significance. The most recent site added to the list was the Old town of Kuldīga, in 2023.
Contents. List of cities and towns in Latvia. There are 10 cities (Latvian: valstspilsēta, "state city", pl. valstspilsētas) and 71 towns (Latvian: novada pilsēta, "municipality town", pl. novada pilsētas) in Latvia. By Latvian law, towns are settlements that are centers of culture and commerce with a well-developed architectural ...
The Art Nouveau architecture in Riga makes up roughly one third of all the buildings in the centre of Riga, making Latvia 's capital the city with the highest concentration of Art Nouveau architecture anywhere in the world. Built during a period of rapid economic growth, most of Riga's Art Nouveau buildings date from between 1904 and 1914.
Rundāle Palace. Rundāle Palace (Latvian: Rundāles pils; German: Schloss Ruhental, formerly Ruhenthal or Ruhendahl) is one of the two major baroque palaces built for the Dukes of Courland in what is now Latvia, the other being Jelgava Palace. The palace was built in two periods, from 1736 until 1740 and from 1764 until 1768.
www.jurmala.lv /lv. Jūrmala (Latvian: [ˈjuːrmala] ⓘ; "seaside") is a state city in Latvia, about 25 kilometres (16 miles) west of Riga. Jūrmala is a resort town stretching 32 km (20 miles) and is sandwiched between the Gulf of Riga and the Lielupe River. It has a 33 km (21 miles) stretch of white-sand beach and is the fifth-largest city ...
Cēsis (Latvian pronunciation: [tseːsis] ⓘ), (German: Wenden, Livonian: Venden, Estonian: Võnnu, Polish: Kieś) is a town in Latvia located in the northern part of the Central Vidzeme Upland. Cēsis is on the Gauja River valley, and is built on a series of ridges above the river, overlooking the woods below. Cēsis was selected to be one of ...
The centre. National Library of Latvia (Latvijas Nacionālā bibliotēka) - the latest project of Gunārs Birkerts, called the Castle of Light (Gaismas pils). Riga Circus (Rīgas cirks) - the only permanently situated circus in the Baltic States. Vērmane Garden (Vērmanes dārzs) - the oldest public garden in Riga.
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