Monuments and memorials in Riga

There are many monuments and memorials in the Latvian capital Riga.[1]

## List of monuments and memorials

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Description  | Date  | Sculptor  | Picture  | Notes

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Monument to Filippo Paulucci | 1851 |  |  |
Monument to Rainis | 1965 | Kārlis Zemdega |  |
Monument to Johann Gottfried Herder |  |  |  |
Monument to Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly |  |  |  | Copy of the now lost 1913 sculpture; a new monument was created by the initiative and by donations of local businessman J. Grombergs in 2001
Kalpaks monument |  |  |  |
Statue of George and Cecile Armitstead | 2006 | Andris Vārpa |  |
Pushkin Statue | 2009 | Alexander Tartynov |  |
Monument to Kārlis Padegs |  |  |  |
Monument to Mstislav Keldysh |  |  |  |
Gravestone of Baltic-German Mailinger family |  |  |  | In the Great Cemetery
Gravestone of A. and R. Hartvigs |  |  |  | In Matisa Cemetery
Andrejs Pumpurs gravestone | 1929 | Kārlis Zāle |  | In Lielie Cemetery
Monument to Jānis Čakste |  |  |  | In Meža Cemetery
Monument to Lielais Kristaps |  |  |  |
Freedom Monument | 1935 | Kārlis Zāle
Ernests Štālbergs |  |
Monument to the soldiers of 1919 | 1937 | Kārlis Zāle |  | In Sudrabkalniņš memorial gardens
Vērmanes Garden Memorial | 1829 |  |  |
Russian Revolution (1905) monument |  |  |  | In the Grīziņkalns area
Latvian Rifleman monument |  |  |  |
Monument to the Liberators of Soviet Latvia and Riga from the German Fascist Invaders | 1985 | Lev Bukovsky [lv; ru]
Aivars Gulbis [lv; ru] |  | Removed on 25 August 2022
Monument to Bremen Town Musicians |  |  |  |
Torņakalns Memorial to Victims of Communist Terror | 1990 | Ojārs Feldbergs [lv] |  | In Torņakalns Station

## References

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1. ^ (in Latvian) O. Spārītis Rīgas pieminekļi un dekoratīvā tēlniecība. Rīga, 2007, 204 pages ISBN 9984260240 ISBN 9789984260242

## External links

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* Monuments and sculptures in Riga
* Cultural Heritage of Riga