historic centre of Riga

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UNESCO World Heritage Site historic district old town

The historic centre of Riga is a UNESCO-listed Old Town in Latvia’s capital, renowned for its well-preserved medieval street plan, Hanseatic architecture, and exceptional collection of Art Nouveau buildings.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Historic Centre of Riga 8
Riga Old Town UNESCO World Heritage Site 1
Riga controlled access to important trade routes in the Baltic Sea 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
historic district ⓘ
old town ⓘ
capitalOf Latvia ⓘ
capitalOfCountry Riga ⓘ
contains Art Nouveau district of Alberta iela vicinity ⓘ
House of the Blackheads ⓘ
Riga Castle ⓘ
Riga Cathedral ⓘ
Riga Town Hall Square ⓘ
St. Peter's Church, Riga ⓘ
surface form: St Peter's Church, Riga

Three Brothers (Riga) ⓘ
country Latvia ⓘ
governingBody Riga City Council ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle Art Nouveau ⓘ
Baroque ⓘ
Eclecticism ⓘ
Gothic ⓘ
Neoclassicism ⓘ
hasFunction administrative centre of Riga ⓘ
cultural centre of Riga ⓘ
tourist destination ⓘ
hasMedievalStreetPlan true ⓘ
hasSignificance major Baltic Sea trading hub in the Middle Ages ⓘ
outstanding example of Northern European Art Nouveau urban architecture ⓘ
heritageProtection protected under Latvian cultural heritage law ⓘ
historicalFunction Hanseatic trading centre ⓘ
inscriptionReason testimony to the rapid development of architecture and urban planning in the late 19th and early 20th centuries ⓘ
knownFor 19th-century and early 20th-century architecture ⓘ
Hanseatic architecture ⓘ
exceptional collection of Art Nouveau buildings ⓘ
well-preserved medieval urban fabric ⓘ
locatedIn Baltic Sea region ⓘ
surface form: Baltic region

Northern Europe ⓘ
Riga ⓘ
partOf Old Riga ⓘ
surface form: Riga city centre
periodOfSignificantDevelopment 13th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
traversedBy Daugava River ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria ii ⓘ
iv ⓘ
vi ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageID 852 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion Europe and North America ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus inscribed ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageYearOfInscription 1997 ⓘ
urbanMorphology irregular medieval street network ⓘ
wasMemberOf Hanseatic League (historical) ⓘ
surface form: Hanseatic League

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Riga City Hall → partOf → historic centre of Riga ⓘ
House of the Blackheads → partOf → historic centre of Riga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Historic Centre of Riga
Three Brothers → partOf → historic centre of Riga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Historic Centre of Riga
Central Market → partOf → historic centre of Riga ⓘ
subject surface form: Central Market (Riga)
this entity surface form: Historic Centre of Riga
Old Town → heritageDesignation → historic centre of Riga ⓘ
subject surface form: Old Town (Riga)
this entity surface form: Historic Centre of Riga
Riga Cathedral → locatedIn → historic centre of Riga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Riga Old Town UNESCO World Heritage Site
St Peter's Church → partOf → historic centre of Riga ⓘ
subject surface form: St Peter's Church (Riga)
this entity surface form: Historic Centre of Riga
Riga Castle → partOf → historic centre of Riga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Historic Centre of Riga
Siege of Riga (1600–1601) → strategicImportance → historic centre of Riga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Riga controlled access to important trade routes in the Baltic Sea
Rātslaukums (Town Hall Square) → partOf → historic centre of Riga ⓘ
subject surface form: Rātslaukums
this entity surface form: Historic Centre of Riga
Vecrīga → partOf → historic centre of Riga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Riga historic centre
St. Peter's Church, Riga → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → historic centre of Riga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Historic Centre of Riga