Description Riga, Latvia

Riga - the capital and cultural center in Latvia. This is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe. Riga was founded in 1201 by German knights, the capital of independent Latvia, it was in 1920. On the appearance of the city said the German, Swedish, Polish and Russia's culture, there is a lot of historical sights, so the city was included in the list of the architectural heritage of UNESCO. Riga - a romantic city with a charming, very special atmosphere, where you want to come for long walks on the local, keep their secrets streets.

Riga is located on the southern coast of Gulf of Riga, the Baltic Sea, Rigavskoy Coastal Plain lowlands. The historical center of Riga is located on the right bank of the Daugava River, about 10 kilometers from the confluence of the Gulf of Riga. The natural topography of this place - a sandy plain, located at a height of 1-10 m above sea level. There is a lake, the largest - Kishezers in Mezaparks and Juglas in the north - east.

Riga is officially divided into six administrative districts: Central, Kurzeme, Ziemeļu (North), Latgale, Vidzeme and Zemgale suburb.

Neighborhoods: Agenskalns, Bolderaja, Vecmilgravis, Darzini, Darzciems, Daugavgriva, Dreilini, Zasulauks, Ziepniekkalns, Zolitude, Ilguciems, Imants, steal, Kengarags, Milgravis, Mezaparks, Mezciems, Plavnieki, Purvciems, Sarkandaugava, Teika, Tornakalns, Chiekurkalns, Skirotava, Jugla, Jaunciems, Kundzinsala.

There are several versions of the name of the city of Riga. The more common - on behalf of the outflow section of the Daugava Spekupe, the envelope of the hill in Cuba. She was called Riga (options - Ridzinya or Ridzene), and spill, which it formed - Riga Lake. In the chronicle of Henry mentioned locus of Latvia Riga, which is a natural harbor. In the XII century. there were two settlements and the river gave them a name. From 1861 Ridzene flows through underground sewers wires.

Nordic trail: the name of Riga (Riika) means "Town". This suggests that the settlement existed before 1201 and settled in the Scandinavian Vikings.