The Baltics - Tallinn & Riga

Three Brothers - Old Riga

  

Dome Cathedral (Lutheran) - Old Riga

We had a walking tour of the "Old Riga" district, which was just a short distance from our hotel. Most of the buildings are hundreds of years old. The photo to the left shows one of three adjacent houses known as "Three Brothers." This residence, the middle of the three, was built in the mid-17th century. The Latin inscription above the door is "Soli Deo Gloria," a phrase from Lutheran doctrine. It means "Glory to God Alone."

Riga was a cosmopolitan port city, and architectural styles in Old Riga reflect various nationalities and cultures of northern Europe. It was more reminiscent of Stockholm than of other cities in the Soviet Union that we visited.

St. James Cathedral (Roman Catholic) - Old Riga

Lower left corner - notice the street sign in both Latvian and  Russian.

Our Lady of Sorrows Church (Roman Catholic) - Old Riga