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Wordless Wednesday – Sculpture from the Liepāja Anthem Trail

(Click picture to enlarge) Sculpture from the Liepāja Anthem Trail. The song is “PilsÄ“ta, kurā piedzimst vÄ“jÅ¡” (The City Where the Wind is Born), and there are sculptures featuring verses from the song all along the main streets of Liepāja.

Antra October 28, 2015October 26, 2015 Liepāja, photographs No Comments

Wordless Wednesday – Underground Printing House, Liepāja

(Click picture to enlarge) This building housed the Latvian Social-Democratic Worker’s Party – Liepāja Branch’s underground printing house from 1904 to 1906, during the Czarist era and the 1905 Revolution. Photo taken by me, September 2015.

Antra October 21, 2015October 19, 2015 Liepāja, photographs No Comments

Wordless Wednesday – Small Guild

(Click picture to enlarge) Building of the Small Guild, built in 1866 and restored in 1999-2000. The Guild itself was founded in 1352. Photo taken by me, August 2015.

Antra October 14, 2015October 12, 2015 photographs, Rīga No Comments

Wordless Wednesday – Kobe Friendship Clock

(Click picture to enlarge) Friendship Clock, gifted to the city of Rīga in 1993, by its sister city Kobe in Japan. Photo taken by me, October 2015.

Antra October 7, 2015October 5, 2015 photographs, Rīga No Comments

Wordless Wednesday – Jaunmoki Castle

(Click picture to enlarge) Jaunmoki Castle, reconstructed several times over the centuries, most recently in this hunting lodge style in the early 1900s for Rīga mayor and factory owner George Armitstead. Photo taken by me, May 2015.

Antra September 30, 2015September 21, 2015 photographs, Tukums No Comments

Wordless Wednesday – Lielvārde Lutheran Church

(Click picture to enlarge) Lielvārde Lutheran Church in Lielvārde, Latvia. The first masonry church was built here in 1747, and it was destroyed in the First World War. It was built anew in 1932 – hence the two dates on

Antra September 23, 2015September 21, 2015 Lielvārde, photographs No Comments

Wordless Wednesday – Laima Chocolate Factory Mural

(Click picture to enlarge) Mural outside of Laima Chocolate Factory in RÄ«ga. Quote reads “The aim of love is to love, no more, and no less” (Oscar Wilde). Photo taken by me, August 2015.

Antra September 16, 2015August 30, 2015 photographs, Rīga No Comments

Wordless Wednesday – Bed of LāčplÄ“sis

(Click picture to enlarge) Rock formation named the “bed of LāčplÄ“sis”, the hero of the Latvian national epic, near the Lielvārde castle ruins. Photo taken by me, August 2015.

Antra September 9, 2015August 24, 2015 Lielvārde, photographs No Comments

Wordless Wednesday – Unique Street Marker

(Click picture to enlarge) Street marker for Auseklis Street in Lielvārde. Made out of wood, it features the traditional Auseklis pattern. Lielvārde is home to the traditional “Lielvārde belt” that is iconic among Latvian traditional dress, and motifs from this

Antra September 2, 2015August 24, 2015 Lielvārde, photographs No Comments

Wordless Wednesday – Lielvārde Castle Ruins

(Click picture to enlarge) Lielvārde Castle ruins, Lielvārde. Photo taken by me, August 2015.

Antra August 26, 2015August 24, 2015 Lielvārde, photographs No Comments
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