Old town Riga is largest city in Baltic states situated on Latvias Baltic Sea coast on the river mouth of River Daugava, Riga is under UNESCO World Heritage Site because its historic centre and wonderful Art Nouveau buildings which are some of the best in the world, the Art Nouveau buildings are situated in central Riga where are whole streets in wonderfully decorative houses, one of the most beautiful Art Nouveau highlights is the facade of the School of Economics, the Three Brothers is medieval dwelling houses and the Latvan…
Category: Latvia
Latvia or officially Republic of Latvia. Country is located in Baltic region in North Europe. It border with Russia, Lithuania, Sweden and Belarus. Latvia territory is estimated on 65,000 km 2 but it is the one of the least populated and densely populated countries in Europe. Capital and largest city is Riga. Official language is Latvian. As regards Latvian language, it is member of Indo European language and along Lithuanian are only two surviving members of Baltic branch. Minority languages are Lithuanian and Finnish. Latvia with Estonia shares a long history. This both countries are home to large number of ethnic Russian, Belorussians, Ukraine’s etc. As regards government Latvia is unitary parliamentary republic. Latvia is member of European Union, United Nations, WTO, Council of Europe, CBSS, IMF, and OSCE.