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Throughout its millennium-long history, Riga remained the main metropolis and trade center of East Baltic. Medieval age: Crusaders to Merchants (until 1581).

An ancient settlement of the Livs and Kurs, Riga emerged as a trading post in the late 12th century. Seagoing ships found a natural harbour where the small ...

Riga has been sacked, occupied, reoccupied and then sacked again, by everyone from the Teutonic Knights to the Polish. But it all started so well. Its location ...

Surrounded by relative peace, Riga became a major Baltic trading city, part of the famous Hanseatic union. While its hinterland was inhabited by Latvians, the city itself was largely German (like many new Eastern European cities at the time). Germanic town law was adopted and its unique form known as Riga law evolved. Where to see the era today?

10th 11 century. First settlements of local inhabitants (Livs, Couronians and Semigallians) 1150 (around) Riga was a trading place with tradesmen coming both from West and East. 1199. …

Riga was founded by the Bishop Albert and he founded the Brothers of the Sword 1237 The Livonian Brothers of the Sword joins the Teutonic Knights, that has got official recognition as a separate order in February 1199 by Pope Innocent III, 1282 Riga joined the Hanseatic League and was the biggest Hanseatic town in Eastern Baltics.

Riian historiallinen keskusta on sisällytetty Unescon Maailmanperintöluetteloon ja se on huomattava jugendtyylisestä arkkitehtuuristaan, jollaista ei Unescon näkemyksen mukaan ole maailmassa …

Riga's history is as complicated as the Latvian language, and probably has just as many influences. Though an ancient Finnic settlement did exist on the site of present-day Riga, its modern history begins in the second half of the twelfth century with the arrival of German traders, mercenaries, and missionaries.

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.

Riga's history is as complicated as the Latvian language, and probably has just as many influences. Though an ancient Finnic settlement did exist on the site of …

Riga's history is as complicated as the Latvian language, and probably has just as many influences. Though an ancient Finnic settlement did exist on the ...

Riga was briefly an independent city-state but passed to Poland in 1581. It was captured by Sweden in 1621 and then taken in 1709–10 by Peter the Great, with Sweden formally ceding the city to Russia by the Peace of Nystad in 1721. Riga’s German-speaking nobles and merchants retained local privileges under all of the above monarchies.

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. [12] Riga was the European Capital of Culture in 2014, along with Umeå in Sweden.

Already in 1202 the first colonists German landowners came here. Little by little Riga became an aggression base against the local Baltic tribes ...

Riga is located at the site of an ancient settlement of the Livonians, an ancient Finnic tribe, at the junction of the Daugava and Ridzene (Latvian: Rīdzene) ...

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 ...

Surrounded by relative peace, Riga became a major Baltic trading city, part of the famous Hanseatic union. While its hinterland was inhabited by Latvians, the city itself was largely German (like many new Eastern European cities at the time). …

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 … Näytä lisää

Riga History: Riga – Capital City of the Republic of Latvia (1918–1940) The proclamation of the independent Republic of Latvia on 18 November 1918 introduced a new stage in the history of the city. After the Liberation fights …

Riga History: Riga within the Russian empire (Mid-19th cent.–1918). The second half of the 19th century in Riga was a period of rapid change. Riga being a ...

Riga, which was founded as a port town in 1201, was one of the key centres of the Hanseatic League in Eastern Europe from the 13th to the 15th century. The ...

Riga, which was founded as a port town in 1201, was one of the key centres of the Hanseatic League in Eastern Europe from the 13th to the 15th century. The urban fabric of its medieval core reflects the prosperity of those times, though most of …

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 …

Its length from east to west is about 120 miles, and its breadth from 80 to 90 miles, containing nearly 10,000 square miles, and equal in size to three-fourths of the State of Maryland .