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Freedom Monument
A 42-meter column topped by Liberty holding three stars, with an honor guard, between the Old Town and the canal park.
- Open
- Always
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- 30 minutes
- Address
- Brīvības bulvāris, LV-1050 RigaDirections
- Getting There
- At the edge of the Old Town, at the end of Kaļķu iela.
Why Go
Paid for by public donations and unveiled in 1935, the monument honors those who died in Latvia's war of independence. Liberty's three stars stand for the country's historic regions. It survived the Soviet years, when laying flowers here was an act of protest.
Soldiers change the guard on the hour during the day. Around it, the Bastejkalns park follows the old moat, with bridges and swans.
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