Riga - modern

Riga - Art Nouveau (from 2 to 3 hours) 40% of the buildings in the center of Riga are built in Art Nouveau, this is more than in other cities of Europe, besides those who understand architecture and art, believe that Riga Art Nouveau has the expressiveness of special strength and scale. In order to preserve for future generations the architecture of Vecriga, Riga wooden houses and buildings of the Art Nouveau, the historical center of Riga is included in the list of protected cultural monuments of UNESCO. Jugendstil (Jugendstil in Germany, Art Noveau in France, modernismo in Spain, Sezessionsstil in Austria, Stile Liberty or Stile Floreale in Italy) appeared in Europe at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries and its victorious procession continued until the First World War. We will visit the unique in Europe area of Art Nouveau in Riga - streets of Alberta, Elizabetes, Strelnieku ... Riga is considered one of the metropolises of European Art Nouveau. Due to its decorative colorfulness, the works of architects Mikhail Eisenstein (father of Sergei Eisenstein), Eugene Laube, Wilhelm Boxlaf, Konstantin Pekshen and others are real pearls of this style, “music in stone”.

I will introduce you to the history of modernity, which developed in Riga, the cultural, scientific and industrial center of the Russian Empire, at the turn of the XIX and XX centuries.