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Historic Centre of Riga

Medieval and Art Nouveau heart of Latvia's capital, founded by Bishop Albert during the Livonian Crusade as an episcopal seat and major Hanseatic League trading centre; today holds one of Europe's finest collections of Art Nouveau (Jugendstil) architecture.

Dated events and their evidence

• 1201 CE mainstream
  founded by Bishop Albert of Riga during the Livonian Crusade as an episcopal and military centre source
• 1201 CE mainstream
  founded by Bishop Albert; the Livonian bishopric moves here source
• 1225 CE mainstream
  granted city status source
• 1282 CE mainstream
  joins the Hanseatic League source
• 1997 CE mainstream
  Historic Centre inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site source
• 1997 CE mainstream
  UNESCO World Heritage: the historic centre source

Where

56.9496° N, 24.1052° E

Sources

• https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/852/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riga

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