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    Riga Castle (Latvian: Rīgas pils) is a castle on the banks of River Daugava in Riga, the capital of Latvia. The castle was founded in 1330. Its structure...
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    of the Blackheads from 2012 to 2016, while the permanent location in Riga Castle was under reconstruction. The cellar is the only original part of the...
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    Riga (/ˈriːɡə/ REE-gə) is the capital, primate, and the largest city of Latvia, as well as the most populous city in the Baltic States. Home to 605,273...
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    Riga Cathedral (Latvian: Rīgas Doms; German: Dom zu Riga) formally The Cathedral Church of Saint Mary, is the Evangelical Lutheran cathedral in Riga, Latvia...
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    (German: Uexküll), about 20 km upstream from Riga. With their assistance and promise to convert, he built a castle and church of stone—a method heretofore...
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    Vecrīga (redirect from Old Riga)
    Old Riga in 1637 St. John's Church, Riga The House of the Blackheads and Roland statue Reconstructed section of the medieval city wall Riga Castle in Vecrīga...
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    from 82 countries. The marathon starts and finishes near Riga Castle, and runs through Old Riga as well as across the Daugava River. In the marathon weekend...
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    president Zatlers. During renovations in Riga Castle in the 1990s, presidents used the Maikapars' House [lv] in central Riga as their temporary residence until...
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    Albert of Riga or Albert of Livonia (c. 1165 – 17 January 1229) was the third Catholic Bishop of Riga in Livonia. In 1201, he allegedly founded the city...
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  • Riga Riga Castle, a building in Riga Riga Black Balsam, an alcoholic drink in Latvia Elsewhere Riga, New York, town in Monroe County, New York Riga Academy...
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