RĪGA, Latvia
Melngalvju
brālības / Brotherhood of Blackheads
Madonna with Child, decorative relief on the façade,
to the left of the portal. The Brotherhood of Blackheads, erected during the
first third of the 14th century, was an association of local unmarried
merchants. The structure was bombed to a ruin by the Germans 28 June 1941 and
the remains demolished by the Soviets in 1948. The current reconstruction was
erected from 1995 to 1999.
Photo © Albert Lázaro-Tinaut, 08.2008.
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