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Birth, Death & Chocolate – 11 Miera Street (Part 2)

History & Style In the first years of the 20th century, architects such as Mikhail Eisenstein created the opulent buildings […]

The name for this street, ‘Miera iela’ or ‘Peace Street’ in English, goes back to the mid-19th century. But until

In the middle of the 19th century, most people in modern-day Latvia were either Lutheran, Russian Orthodox or Jewish. These

As evening set in on a frigid day in mid-December, with the winter sun already hidden away, a small group

Lāčupes cemetery is a serene wooded oasis just north of the industrial neighborhood of Iļģuciems in Riga, located in the Kleistu

An imposing white brick building rises four stories high in the center of Daugavpils City. It is surrounded by an

In 1864, the famous Latvian scholar and nationalist, Krišjānis Valdemārs, founded a school in the northern coastal town of Ainaži.

St. Martin’s Lutheran Church is one of the most prominent churches in Riga. Until the middle of the 1800s, there

The neighbourhood of Iļģuciems on the west bank of the Daugava River in Riga was an important industrial centre as