Monuments and memorials in Riga
Appearance
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 | |||
Monument to Rainis | 1965 | Kārlis Zemdega | ||
Monument to Johann Gottfried Herder | ||||
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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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