Monuments and memorials in Riga
There are many monuments and memorials in the Latvian capital Riga.[1]
List of monuments and memorials
[edit]| Description | Date | Sculptor | Picture | Notes |
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| Monument to Filippo Paulucci | 1851 |  |
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| Monument to Rainis | 1965 | Kārlis Zemdega | ||
| Monument to Johann Gottfried Herder |  |
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| Monument to Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly |  |
Copy of the now lost 1913 sculpture; a new monument was created by the initiative and by donations of local businessman J. Grombergs in 2001 | ||
| Kalpaks monument | ||||
| Statue of George and Cecile Armitstead | 2006 | Andris Vārpa | ||
| Pushkin Statue | 2009 | Alexander Tartynov | ||
| Monument to Kārlis Padegs | ||||
| Monument to Mstislav Keldysh | ||||
| Gravestone of Baltic-German Mailinger family |  |
In the Great Cemetery | ||
| Gravestone of A. and R. Hartvigs | .jpg) |
In Matisa Cemetery | ||
| Andrejs Pumpurs gravestone | 1929 | Kārlis Zāle |  |
In Lielie Cemetery |
| Monument to Jānis Čakste |  |
In Meža Cemetery | ||
| Monument to Lielais Kristaps |  |
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| Freedom Monument | 1935 | Kārlis Zāle Ernests Štālbergs |
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| Monument to the soldiers of 1919 | 1937 | Kārlis Zāle |  |
In Sudrabkalniņš memorial gardens |
| Vērmanes Garden Memorial | 1829 |  |
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| Russian Revolution (1905) monument |  |
In the Grīziņkalns area | ||
| Latvian Rifleman monument | ||||
| Monument to the Liberators of Soviet Latvia and Riga from the German Fascist Invaders | 1985 | Lev Bukovsky Aivars Gulbis |
Removed on 25 August 2022 | |
| Monument to Bremen Town Musicians | ||||
| Torņakalns Memorial to Victims of Communist Terror | 1990 | Ojārs Feldbergs |  |
In Torņakalns Station |
References
[edit]- ^ (in Latvian) O. Spārītis Rīgas pieminekļi un dekoratīvā tēlniecība. Rīga, 2007, 204 pages ISBN 9984260240 ISBN 9789984260242