Latvia, Vidzeme, Riga, European capital of culture 2014, historical centre listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, riga's nativité of christ cathedral

Detail of a restaurant in the Old Town, a Unesco World Heritage Site. Riga, Latvia

Portrait of Young Woman in Traditional Folk Dress, Riga, Latvia, MR

Historic wooden church, 1750, protestant church, on church hill, memorial for the Rose of Turaida, Sigulda or Segewold, Turaida, Krimulda District, Latvia, Europe

Latvia (Baltic States), Riga, historical center listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, Livu Square

Latvia (Baltic States), Riga, historical center listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, Bastion Hill Park

Latvia (Baltic States), Riga, historical center listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, Cathedral of the Dome

Latvia (Baltic States), Riga, historical center listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, Tirgonu iela street

Latvia (Baltic States), Riga, historical center listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, Livu Square

Latvia (Baltic States), Riga, historical center listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, Kramu Street

Latvia, Vidzeme, Riga, European capital of culture 2014, historical centre listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, the house of Blackheads on the square Ratslaukums

Latvia (Baltic States), Riga, European capital of culture 2014, historical centre listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, National Opera House

Latvia (Baltic States), Riga, European capital of culture 2014, historical centre listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, terrasses in the city center and the Dome cathédrale

Vansu Tilts Bridge at twilight, Riga, Latvia, Baltic States, Europe

Art Noveau architecture in Central Riga, Latvia, Baltic States, Europe

Art Noveau architecture in Central Riga, Latvia, Baltic States, Europe

Stained glass from the Mentzendorff€™s House, a 17th-century building in Old Town, houses a museum about the life of a wealthy resident of Riga. A Unesco World Heritage Site, Latvia

The Mentzendorff€™s House, a 17th-century building in Old Town, houses a museum about the life of a wealthy resident of Riga. A Unesco World Heritage Site, Latvia

Ghetto Museum, a memorial to the thousands of Jews that perish in the Latvian Holocaust. Riga, Latvia

Art Nouveau architecture (Jugendstil architecture) by Mikhail Eisenstein. A Unesco World Heritage Site. Riga, Latvia

Bastion Hill Park (Bastejkalns Park) is a beautiful and quiet park along a channel of the Daugava river, in the very center of Riga. Latvia

St.Peter's Church built in 1209 and the museum of the Brotherhood of Blackheads house. Riga, Latvia

House of the Brotherhood of the Blackheads dating back to 1334, a Unesco World Heritage Site. Riga, Latvia

Detail of the house of the Brotherhood of the Blackheads dating back to 1334, a Unesco World Heritage Site. Riga, Latvia

House of the Brotherhood of the Blackheads dating back to 1334, a Unesco World Heritage Site. Riga, Latvia

Latvia, Riga, Old Riga, view of three Riga churches

Latvia, Riga, Art Nouveau District, building detail at 4a Strelnieku Iela Street, Stockholm School of Economics

Latvia, Riga, Old Riga, Blackheads' House, b.1344, exterior and St. Peter's Lutheran Church, evening

Latvia, Riga, Old Riga, Blackhead's House, detail with patron saint, St. Mauritius

Latvia, Riga, Old Riga, cafes on Livu Lukums Square

Riga central station, Riga, Latvia

View of city from St. Peter's Church, Riga, Latvia

Art Nouveau house, Riga, Latvia

Railway bridge across Daugava River with TV tower in background, Riga, Latvia

Woman sitting outside House of Blackheads in Town Hall Square (Ratslaukums), Riga, Latvia (MR)

Dome Cathedral, Riga, Latvia

Parex Bank Building, Riga, Latvia

Accordian player in Livu Laukums, Riga, Latvia

View of Old Town with Daugava River, Riga, Latvia

Three women dressed in traditonal clothes picking dandelions in front of a castle at Cesis, Latvia.

Red brick Turaida Castle on the lushly forested banks of the Gauja River In Gauja National Park, central Latvia.

Art Nouveau Style Architecture (Also Known as Jugendstil Architecture Designed by Mikhail Eisenstein), Riga, Latvia

Art Nouveau Style Architecture (Also Known as Jugendstil Architecture Designed by Mikhail Eisenstein), Riga, Latvia

Soldier's, Latvian Freedom Monument, Riga, Latvia

Young Women in Traditional Folk Dress, Riga, Latvia, MR

Dome Cathedral, St. Peter's, St. Saviour's Churches, Riga, Latvia

Dome Cathedral, St. Peter's & St. Saviour's Churches, Riga, Latvia

Soldier, Latvian Freedom Monument, Riga, Latvia

City Skyline, Riga, Latvia

Dome Cathedral, St. Peter's & St. Saviour's Churches, Riga, Latvia

City Skyline, Riga, Latvia

Brotherhood of Blackheads House, Riga, Latvia

Brotherhood of Blackheads House, Riga, Latvia

Dome Cathedral, St. Peter's & St. Saviour's churches, Riga, Latvia

Russian Dolls, Riga, Latvia

Freedom Monument & St. Peter's Church, Riga, Latvia

Orthodox Cathedral, Riga, Latvia

Girl Walking Barefoot on Beach Sunset on the Gulf of Riga

Hansa Bank Headquarters the Saules Akmens building on the River Daugava