Riga este capitala Letoniei, situata pe malul Marii Baltice, la gura de varsare a raului Daugava in Golful Riga. Riga este cel mai mare oras din Tarile Baltice, fiind un centru important cultural, educational, politic, financiar si politic din zona.
The historical center of the city of Riga was included in 1997 by UNESCO on the list of places in the world cultural heritage, and the city is specifically noted for its art architecture (Jugendstil), being able to compare from this point of view only with Vienna, Prague or Barcelona.
Riga is located on the site of an ancient settlement of the Livonians, an ancient Fino-Garric tribe, at the confluence of the Daugava and Ridzene rivers.Raul Ridzene was known at the beginning as Riga, at a time forming a natural port known as Lake Riga, disappeared today.It was considered that evil borrowed the name or city.The course of the old river can also be found following the streets of Kalku and Ridzene from the old Riga.
Riga is an old city, with a lot of medieval architecture, but also with art Nouveau and modern glass buildings.
One of the most colorful places in Riga is the central market, one of the oldest and largest in Europe, erected in a few left hangs, which the German armies used as Zepeline garages.Each hangar has another specific.