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The Latvian Ethnographic Open Air Museum (Riga)

Than now you can make plans for next summer :)

RE: Art Poster..

Good to know it, I will never can imaginage that in UK can be so rapid river, from my side your country seams like calm, always in fog and half sleeping
Few day I shall show to you more about Riga yet, but than will go out :)

The Latvian Ethnographic Open Air Museum (Riga)

Excursion takes about 3h, if you want see all places, of corse you can always have quickly/running excursion
I with my girls every summer once go there.

The Latvian Ethnographic Open Air Museum (Riga)

Latvian Ethnographic museum is located on the bank of the Juglas Lake and it was established in 1924. For the visitors the museum was opened in 1932. This is one of the oldest, richest and biggest museums in Europe. The total area of it is 87 ha. Examples of farmer's yards, workshops, windmills, forges and stoves collected from all four ethnographic regions of Latvia are gathered in the museum. There are also some churches, building where at the beginning of 18th century there was the school for farmer's children, pub which is still working on the territory of museum and etc.

RE: Tasty!

Lucky you, you have good vision, I could see only bikes, neither rabits nor other tasty things

St.Peter's Church (Riga)

If honestly at last restouration, St. Peter's church got rooster cowered with gold and that is consecutive 7th rooster on the church tower.

RE: Alfred P. Newman

Brilliant, a face from the past.....

Sign of a well spent youth

just fold line 'A' to Line 'B' and see what the message is!

RE: Art Poster

Beautiful place, how I noticed your architecture is much more concise, more reserved (I don't mean noble's castles, they are always more luxary)
But I am not sure that I'll wanted to live like in 1786, I am too spoiled

RE: BABE

That's a beautiful picture. Thank you for posting it...

RE: Love-Drop

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St.Peter's Church (Riga)

Legenda.
It happened in this time, when St. Peter's Church just had built. On the tower wanted to impose a golden rooster as symbol of Riga. But every night it fallen down at the same place at the door. Builders begun to think, why is it happen. Than builders went to the old woman, which all kept as witch. She said, that it is vain effort to put the golden rooster at the tower, because people are so attached to gold, so they asked God if rooster falls, than they could steal one night. At least builders placed a simple metal rooster on the church tower.

St.Peter's Church (Riga)

The first documental evidence of the existence of the church is dated by 1209. The present tower of the church has been constructed in 1491, but on March 11th, 1666 the 130 m high tower has fallen from a strong wind. The new tower has been constructed on its place, but it has burnt down in fire in 1677. In 1690 an architect Rupert Bindenshu has constructed a new tower, but the lightning has struck it in 1721 and it burnt down again. Iogan Vilbern has constructed a new tower only in 1746. The new tower has remained intact up to the end of the Second World War, when St. Peter's church has been destroyed.
In 1967 the unique reconstruction of the tower has started. The new tower was made of metal. The elevator was built inside, so that galleries could have been used as a viewing platform. The height of the tower is 123,25 meters. Visitors are lifted to the second gallery on height in 72 meters.