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Name：Historic Centre of Riga
Area：Northern Europe
Country：Latvia
Registered Year：1997
Type：Natural Heritage
Criteria：(viii)(ix)
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Brief Description：
Riga was a major centre of the Hanseatic League, deriving its prosperity in the 13th?15th centuries from the trade with central and eastern Europe. The urban fabric of its medieval centre reflects this prosperity, though most of the earliest buildings were destroyed by fire or war. Riga became an important economic centre in the 19th century, when the suburbs surrounding the medieval town were laid out, first with imposing wooden buildings in neoclassical style and then in Jugendstil. It is generally recognized that Riga has the finest collection of art nouveau buildings in Europe.
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