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Latvia UNESCO world heritage sites

Ergli municipality

Sestu-Kalns Struve Geodetic Arc in Sausneja on P79
These are points of a survey, carried out between 1816 and 1855 by several scientists (surveyors) under leadership of the astronomer Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve, which represented the first accurate measuring of a long segment of a meridian.

Jekabpils municipality

Jacobstadt Struve Geodetic Arc in Jekabpils at Rudolfa Blaumana Iela
See above.

Kuldiga municicipality

Old Town of Kuldiga
Located in the western part of Latvia, the town of Kuldīga is an exceptionally well-preserved example of a traditional urban settlement, which developed from a small medieval hamlet into an important administrative centre of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia between the 16th and 18th centuries.

Riga municicipality

Historic Centre of Riga
It is generally recognized that Riga has the finest collection of art nouveau buildings in Europe.