UNESCO-credited as containing the finest collection of Art Nouveau architecture in Europe, centred around Alberta iela with facades festooned with nude nymphs, lordly lions, ghastly goblins, and elaborate ornamental detail in the German Jugendstil style. Unlike many German cities, Riga's Art Nouveau district survived WWII intact, preserving an extraordinary concentration of buildings designed by Mikhail Eisenstein and others in the early 1900s. A walk here reveals a dizzyingly theatrical style of architecture.
Plan your walk around Riga Art Nouveau Center
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