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Riga Cathedral
The largest medieval church in the Baltics, founded in 1211, with a famous 19th-century organ and a quiet cloister.
- Open
- Every day
- Price
- Paid; separate tickets for concerts
- Time Needed
- 45 minutes
- Address
- Herdera laukums 6, LV-1050 RigaDirections
- Getting There
- On Cathedral Square, in the Old Town.
Why Go
Bishop Albert, who founded Riga, laid its foundation stone in 1211, and the church grew from Romanesque to Gothic and baroque. Its organ, built by Walcker in 1884 with more than 6,700 pipes, was then the largest in the world, and concerts are held here through the year.
The cloister and its garden hold old cannons, carved stones and the original weathercock from the tower.
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