Swedish Gate - Old City Walls in Riga, March 2008

S.M Tunli - www.tunliweb.no, on March 29, said:

Swedish Gate - Old City Walls. The Old Town of Riga used to be surrounded by walls on all sides to keep all those pesky invaders out, but over the years most of its walls either crumbled or were destroyed by aforementioned invaders or were finally torn down in the 1800s. What survives is the Old City Walls and Swedish Gate (Vecpilsetas muris and Zviedru varti). The remains of the fortifications no longer fortify anything really, but the Swedish Gate, so named because it was built by ruling Swedes in 1698, is the only gate to the city still standing, and separates a quiet part of the Old Town from the noisy bars around it.

See a lot of interesting photos from beautiful Riga in this Photo Gallery with detailed descriptions to each photo of the most beautiful areas, monuments, buildings and other attractions.

Svein-Magne Tunli from Bergen

Mayid Hassan, on March 30, said:

Excelent and very interesting photos from Riga. I love them. Congratulations. Greetings from Murcia (SE of Spain.

S.M Tunli - www.tunliweb.no, on March 30, said:

Thanks a lot Mayid Hassan!

Riga is a nice city - it looks like Prague.

Greetings

Svein-Magne Tunli from Bergen