The historic center of Riga is an open-air museum of Art Nouveau (Jugendstil) architecture buildings.
"The historic
center of Riga
is of outstanding universal value by virtue of the quality and the quantity of
its Art Nouveau / Jugendstil architecture, which is unparalleled anywhere in the
world"*.
"It is generally recognized that Riga
has the finest collection of Art Nouveau buildings in Europe"*.
In Riga you can
find more than 700 Jugendstil buildings!
The historic centre of Riga
was inscribed on the World Heritage List of UNESCO in 1997.
If you like this soul blessing adventure of Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) architecture
in one place, welcome to Riga
to take architecture tourism. Be architecture tourist and Enjoy our city,
from this architectonical view, alongside Medieval town architecture!
My pictures gallery of Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) buildings you can enjoy here.
Welcome to watch about Riga's Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) buildings and its architecture in this beautiful video:
In details:
Jugendstil and Art Nouveau also known in France as le style moderne ("the modern style"), Arte joven ("young art) in Spain, Arte nuova ("new art") in Italy, and Nieuwe kunst ("new art") in the Netherlands, модерн ("new") in Russia.
*Materials in inverted commas are from: