History, architecture, secrets and legends. Walking tour of Riga
Description:
Are you coming to Riga for a few days, want to get acquainted with it and feel its medieval atmosphere? Then this tour is for you!
- When did the trading city on the banks of the Western Dvina-Daugava appear?
- How many owners has Riga had over the centuries? What secrets do ancient Riga temples keep?
- Where did Peter the Great and Catherine the Second stay and live in Riga?
- Who are the Blackheads and why is their beautiful home guarded by a medieval knight?
- Where did the Sherlock Holmes series and Seventeen Moments of Spring come from?
- What mysteriously silent narrow streets and “gingerbread” houses of Old Riga?
The aroma of coffee and freshly baked buns is one of the best memories of Riga. Everyone who has ever visited our city will agree with this.
A cup of coffee in a stylish Riga cafe evokes memories of romantic dates, heartfelt conversations with friends or reflections on the meaning of life. When you leave such a cafe in Old Riga, you involuntarily tune in to a sentimental mood. Suddenly you notice that the city is inhabited by silent witnesses of the past, looking at the viewer from the facades and cornices of houses.
Riga House of Blackheads, and the whole Town Hall Square is a poem about the worldview and preferences of people in different eras. Proud lions, weather vane with lilies and goldfish, representatives of ancient mythology and biblical subjects - how, when and why they were here?
The figure of a medieval knight, the blind Themis, fence posts in the form of soldiers - their appearance here is not accidental.
Iron cats jump on the roofs of Riga houses, house guards sit proudly - stone dogs, boys read books or eat grapes. Here, unprecedented flowers bloom on buildings, fantastic birds sing songs, mysterious signs hide in the thickets of stone trees, and sometimes the sun shines, placed on the facade at the whim of the architect. It is only necessary to distract from the worldly fuss and look up!
The tour will help you to understand the difficult history, diversity of architecture and mysterious symbols of ancient Riga.
One philosopher, leaving our city, said that he would like to see Riga and Riga happy! I hope that after getting acquainted with Riga and its inhabitants, you will wish us the same and return to our city again and again!