RĪGA, Latvia
Melngalvju
brālības / Brotherhood of Blackheads
Astronomical clock (1334, renovated in 1999). 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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