A rare example of an all-wood art nouveau building, this 1909 four-storey apartment house was built as worker housing. Now renovated for the better-heeled, originally it had scores of tiny three-room flats for families. It was the work of the prolific art nouveau architect Eižens Laube.


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1. Žanis Lipke Memorial

0.34 MILES

There is hardly a place in Latvia that can tell such a poignant and optimistic story as this quietly stunning memorial. Žanis Lipke saved over 50 Jews…

3. Rīga Castle

0.91 MILES

Built in 1330 as the headquarters of the grand master of the Livonian Order, this building has been much mutated over the years and now only looks…

4. National Theatre

0.96 MILES

On 18 November 1918 Latvia declared its independence at the baroque National Theatre.

5. Pilsētas Kanāls (City Canal)

0.97 MILES

Pilsētas kanāls, the city’s old moat, once protected the medieval walls from invaders. Today the snaking ravine has been incorporated into a thin belt of…

7. Arsenāls Exhibition Hall

1 MILES

Behind a row of granite heads depicting Latvia's most prominent artists, the imperial arsenal, constructed in 1832 to store weapons for the Russian tsar's…

8. St James' Cathedral

1.03 MILES

Built in 1225, this church has ping-ponged many times between Catholic and Protestant, and has been home to many languages and communities, including…