Freedom Monument (Brivibas Piemineklis) Riga

Old Town, Riga , Latvia

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    ... Tomorrow we plan to tour the Latvia Occupation Museum (Nazis through the Soviets), St. Peter's Church, St. Jacob's Church, and the Freedom Monument.  Our flight leaves Wednesday morning and we should be in the states by early Wednesday ...

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    ... on what we are having over here then I half imagine you all sunbathing! Did a bit more sightseeing and saw the freedom monument (Statue of Liberty) which symbolises the national independence of Latvia. There are two guards who stand at the bottom of ...

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    ... . The city canal snakes its way through the Kronvalda parks which separate the new and old town. The most notable monument, the 'Freedom Monument' also divides the old and the new towns. During Soviet times it was off limits and placing flowers at its ...

  • 6

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    ... down to the city centre, this was almost an hour walk. However I took in the sites as I went, starting with the Freedom monument a massive statue guarded with a memorial and a golden figure holding three stars. I'd seen this on the news years before ...

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    ... the respect and reverence of Latvians again, whereas comrade Lenin ended up on the junkyard of history. And on a literal one, too. Freedom Monument in a way marked the entrance to the Old Town, but also the entrance to a neatly arranged, well kept and ...

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