Saturday, July 21, 2007

Riga Churches







There are also a lot of churches in Riga -- but these are Lutheran churches. Because of the strong German influence, Latvia became Lutheran during the Reformation. The church with the black dome is appropriately called the Dome Church. It houses one of Europe's largest organs. I attended an organ concert my first evening in Riga and it was beautiful to listen to.



1 comment:

Jordan hunt said...

Especially in summer, the Baltic Travel Old Town is packed with tourists, with the traditional daytrippers from Helsinki increasingly supplemented by Europeans taking advantage of cheap flights. Alas, the new town sprawling all around is largely built in typical concrete Soviet style, now joined with glass-and-steel cubes celebrating the post-Soviet economic boom.

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