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Description: Amongst the 3 Baltic countries. Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, Latvia is one of the most overlooked. However, in this video we go over Latvia's history & explore its capital, Riga's, old town & its history and how the country became what it is today; a prosperous Eastern European nation within the EU!
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Sources:
Tomek Jankowski - Eastern Europe! (pages: 161-164, 187-197, 264-271, 324-329, 360-362, 379-385, 482-489)
Carrie Powers - City Sights: Riga Old Town
https://butwherewillyoulive.com/blog/city-sights-riga-old-town
Britannica - Riga
https://www.britannica.com/place/Riga
Latvia Travel - Riga
https://www.latvia.travel/en/city/riga
UNESCO - Historic Centre of Riga
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/852/
Latvia Travel - Righa St. Peter’s Church https://www.latvia.travel/en/sight/riga-st-peters-church
Live Riga - St. John’s Church in Riga
https://www.liveriga.com/en/1700-st-john-s-church-in-riga-1
National Library of Latvia - The Freedom Monument: celebrating Latvian independence
https://www.europeana.eu/en/stories/freedom-monument-celebrates-latvias-independence
Gotobaltic - Nativity of Christ Cathedral, Riga
https://www.gotobaltic.com/en/churches/nativity-of-christ-cathedral-riga
Latvia Travel - Riga Nativity of Christ Orthodox Cathedral
https://www.latvia.travel/en/sight/riga-nativity-christ-orthodox-cathedral
House of the Black Heads - History
https://www.melngalvjunams.lv/en/exposition/history
Live Riga - House of the Blackheads
https://www.liveriga.com/en/2023-house-of-the-blackheads
Latvia Travel - House of the Black Heads
https://www.latvia.travel/en/sight/house-black-heads
Live Riga - Riga Dome Cathedral
https://www.liveriga.com/en/1158-riga-dome-cathedral-1
Latvia Travel - Dome Square & Cathedral
https://www.latvia.travel/en/sight/dome-square-and-cathedral