This gracious red-brick neo-Gothic church is dedicated to St Gertrude, the patron saint of travellers. Surrounded by flamboyant art nouveau architecture, its austere 19th-century interior is a stark counterpoint. St Gertrude's is also a musical venue. Its organ, built in 1906, is one of the city's best and classical-music concerts take place regularly.
Note the art nouveau gem at 蘑ertr奴des iela 10. Try to count the panoply of faces on the 1903 facade.
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Like a huge painting that you can spend hours staring at, as your eye detects more and more intriguing details, this must-see 搁墨驳补 sight is in fact a鈥
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Forming the centrepiece of 搁墨驳补鈥檚 skyline, this Gothic church is thought to be around 800 years old, making it one of the oldest medieval buildings in the鈥
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A real-life house of horrors, this imposing fin de si猫cle building is remembered by generations of Latvians as the local headquarters of the notorious鈥
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There is hardly a place in Latvia that can tell such a poignant and optimistic story as this quietly stunning memorial. 沤anis Lipke saved over 50 Jews鈥
搁墨驳补 Ghetto & Latvian Holocaust Museum
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The centrepiece of this arresting and challenging museum is a wooden house with a reconstructed flat, like those that Jews had to move into when the Nazis鈥
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Between 1941 and 1944, the Nazis 鈥 aided by Latvians 鈥 shot more than 35,000 Jews at 55 different sites in this forest. It is one of several killing sites鈥
Museum of the Barricades of 1991
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Latvia's independence came after enormous struggles. One of the most remarkable stories involves the barricades built by thousands of citizens around鈥
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These striking pine-covered cliffs loom above a pristine white-sand beach dissected by a glistening stream. This is one of the most enchanting places鈥
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A real-life house of horrors, this imposing fin de si猫cle building is remembered by generations of Latvians as the local headquarters of the notorious鈥
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This small and rather informal space briefly recounts the city鈥檚 history of Jewish life until 1945 through artefacts and photography. 搁墨驳补鈥檚 Jewish鈥
3. Nativity of Christ Cathedral
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Its polished gilded cupolas gleaming through the trees, this Byzantine-styled Orthodox cathedral (1883) adds a dazzling dash of Russian bling to the鈥
4. Latvian National Museum of Art
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Latvia's main gallery, sitting on the edge of the 贰蝉辫濒补苍腻诲别's leafy grounds, is an impressive building that was purpose-built in a baroque-classical style鈥
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The expansive 贰蝉辫濒补苍腻诲别 is a large park dotted with tall trees, wooden benches and open-air cafes. The Latvian National Museum of Art graces it on one鈥
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One of the great Latvian writers, Rainis 鈥 his pen name 鈥 created works that called for independence and have become part of the Latvian identity. He died鈥
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Like a huge painting that you can spend hours staring at, as your eye detects more and more intriguing details, this must-see 搁墨驳补 sight is in fact a鈥
8. V膿rmanes d膩rzs (V膿rmanes Garden)
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From Br墨v墨bas, pass the swirls of colour at the 24-hour flower market along T膿rbatas iela to find the inviting V膿rmanes d膩rzs. During the summer months,鈥