UNESCO World Heritage Site: Historic Centre of Riga

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UNESCO World Heritage Site historic city centre

The UNESCO World Heritage Site "Historic Centre of Riga" is the medieval and early modern core of Latvia’s capital, renowned for its well-preserved Hanseatic architecture and one of Europe’s finest collections of Art Nouveau buildings.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of Historic Centre of Riga) 3
Historic Centre of Riga World Heritage Site 1
Riga city historic centre UNESCO property 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
historic city centre ⓘ
associatedWith Art Nouveau ⓘ
surface form: Art Nouveau movement

Hanseatic League (historical) ⓘ
surface form: Hanseatic League
contains Art Nouveau buildings on Alberta iela ⓘ
Art Nouveau buildings on Elizabetes iela ⓘ
Bastejkalns Canal area ⓘ
Daugava riverfront in central Riga ⓘ
Freedom Monument surroundings ⓘ
House of the Blackheads ⓘ
Riga Castle ⓘ
Riga Cathedral ⓘ
Riga Town Hall Square ⓘ
St. Jacob's Cathedral (Riga) ⓘ
surface form: St Jacob’s Cathedral, Riga

St. Peter's Church, Riga ⓘ
surface form: St Peter’s Church, Riga
country Latvia ⓘ
foundedAsTown 1201 ⓘ
governedBy Riga City Council ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle Art Nouveau architecture ⓘ
Baroque architecture ⓘ
Eclecticism ⓘ
Gothic architecture ⓘ
Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
Wooden vernacular architecture ⓘ
hasPart 19th-century expansion zone ⓘ
Art Nouveau in Barcelona ⓘ
surface form: Art Nouveau residential districts

Medieval town core ⓘ
Old Riga ⓘ
heritageCriteria (ii) ⓘ
(iii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
inscribedBy UNESCO ⓘ
inscriptionYear 1997 ⓘ
locatedIn Baltic region ⓘ
Northern Europe ⓘ
Riga ⓘ
notableFor one of Europe’s richest collections of Art Nouveau buildings ⓘ
urban fabric reflecting medieval to early modern development ⓘ
well-preserved Hanseatic architecture ⓘ
wooden architecture from the 19th century ⓘ
officialLanguageOfDocumentation English ⓘ
Latvian ⓘ
partOf historic Hanseatic League trading network ⓘ
periodOfSignificance 13th century to early 20th century ⓘ
protectionStatus national monument of Latvia ⓘ
region Europe and North America ⓘ
urbanMorphology 19th-century boulevards and ring of parks ⓘ
medieval street pattern ⓘ
worldHeritageId 852 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Riga City Hall → partOf → UNESCO World Heritage Site: Historic Centre of Riga ⓘ
Three Brothers → UNESCOWorldHeritageContext → UNESCO World Heritage Site: Historic Centre of Riga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Historic Centre of Riga World Heritage Site
Riga Cathedral → heritageDesignation → UNESCO World Heritage Site: Historic Centre of Riga ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of Historic Centre of Riga)
Riga Castle → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site: Historic Centre of Riga ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of Historic Centre of Riga)
Rātslaukums (Town Hall Square) → heritageDesignation → UNESCO World Heritage Site: Historic Centre of Riga ⓘ
subject surface form: Rātslaukums
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of Historic Centre of Riga)
Vecrīga → partOf → UNESCO World Heritage Site: Historic Centre of Riga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Riga city historic centre UNESCO property
St. Peter's Church, Riga → locatedIn → UNESCO World Heritage Site: Historic Centre of Riga ⓘ
this entity surface form: historic centre of Riga