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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.