Historic Cities
Walk Riga in 1900
AI rebuilds Riga street by street, and you walk through it in your browser.
Historic Places, Rebuilt · City walk
Art Nouveau Riga, 1900
Riga in 1900 is a boom town of the Russian Empire whose skylines of church spires and baroque roofs are being joined by a new layer of elaborate Jugendstil facades. This walk follows the river approach into the old port, threads the rebuilt esplanade and canal, passes Alberta iela's sculpted apartment fronts and ends on the park terraces that look back over the city.
35 scenes — 22 streets, squares and views, 13 interiors to step inside. Planned from the Wikipedia record of Riga as it stood in 1900 (“History of Riga”).
The route, scene by scene
- 1. Riga from the Daugava
- 2. Pontoon Bridge
- 3. Pārdaugava Quay
- 4. Central Railway Station
- ↳ Grand Waiting Hall · interior
- 5. Powder Tower
- ↳ Powder Tower Chamber · interior
- 6. Daugava Embankment
- 7. Town Hall Square
- 8. House of the Blackheads
- ↳ Brotherhood Banquet Hall · interior
- 9. St. Peter's Square
- ↳ St. Peter's Nave · interior
- 10. Dome Cathedral
- ↳ Dom Cathedral Nave · interior
- 11. Great Guild Hall
- ↳ Great Guild Concert Hall · interior
- 12. Līvu Square
- 13. City Canal
- ↳ Merchant Warehouse Interior · interior
- 14. Esplanāde Park
- ↳ Song Society Hall · interior
- 15. Opera House
- ↳ Opera Auditorium · interior
- 16. Alberta iela
- ↳ Painted Stairwell Murals · interior
- ↳ Jugendstil Tiled Kitchen · interior
- 17. Elizabetes iela
- 18. Ģertrūdes iela
- 19. Maskavas priekšpilsēta
- 20. Torņakalns Hill
- 21. Green Market Lane
- ↳ Market Hall Interior · interior
- 22. Bastejkalns Terrace
- ↳ Printing Office Press Room · interior