RIGA FOUNDED, August 18, 1201

RIGA FOUNDED 

August 18, 1201 

Photograph © Gwendolyn Stewart 2010; 

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RIGA CHURCH FOUNDED 1225 

Photographed 1984, when Latvia and its capital city, Riga, were part of the USSR.  St. Jacob's Cathedral was founded 1225. 

TWENTY YEARS SINCE LATVIA DECLARED INDEPENDENCE FROM THE SOVIET UNION

LATVIA

DECLARES INDEPENDENCE

FROM THE SOVIET UNION

May 4, 1990

MONUMENT

TO LIBERTY

RIGA (LATVIA), USSR 1984

SALASPILS CAMP MEMORIAL, LATVIA

SALASPILS CAMP MEMORIAL

MEMORIAL TO THE VICTIMS

OF A CONCENTRATION CAMP IN SALASPILS
IN THE RIGA AREA, LATVIA

Photographed in 1984 in the USSR

"HERE BE GIANTS"