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The history of Riga, the capital of Latvia, begins as early as the 2nd century with a settlement, the Duna urbs, at a natural harbor not far upriver from the mouth of the Daugava River. Later settled by Livs and Kurs , it was already an established trade center in the early Middle Ages along the Dvina-Dnieper trade route to Byzantium.
1541 – Riga joins League of Schmalkalden. [4] 1547 – Sigismund II of Poland in power. [1] 1558 – Riga area besieged by Russians. [1] 1561 – Territory converts to Lutheranism from Catholicism. [citation needed] 1581 – Riga is granted status of Imperial Free City. 1582 – Polish in power. [4] 1584 – Calendar riots begin. [5] [10]
Free City of Riga (German: Freie Stadt Riga, Latvian: Rīgas brīvpilsēta) is a city-state, which existed in modern times, one of the German state formations that arose in the medieval Baltic during the crisis of the Livonian Confederation at the end of the 16th century. The main governing body of the city during these years was the Riga City ...
Riga's territory covers 307.17 km 2 (118.60 sq mi) and lies 1–10 m (3–33 ft) above sea level [12] on a flat and sandy plain. [12] Riga was founded in 1201, and is a former Hanseatic League member. Riga's historical centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, noted for its Art Nouveau/Jugendstil architecture and 19th century wooden architecture ...
Vecrīga is the oldest part of the Riga, and — even though in its primordial state most of the buildings were made of wood — currently, there are a lot of architectural works remaining from the times of renaissance, baroque and medieval times in the middle of the unique and notable buildings in the style of Art Nouveau, especially the ones ...
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The main source of information on the Livonian crusade is the Livonian Chronicle of Henry, written in c. 1229 by Henry of Latvia (Henricus de Lettis). [5] In his chronicle, the author notes that he penned it down at the urging of his lords and companions, including his former teacher bishop Albert of Riga, who receives much praise throughout the text, that is internally divided according to ...
The Triangular Bastion was excavated by the AIG Company under the direction of the Museum of the History of Riga and Navigation and Mārtiņš Lūsēns. As a result, the Triangular Bastion is the most extensively investigated part of Riga’s 17th–19th-century fortification system, the remains of which were preserved inside the new building.