This beautiful city has around 800 buildings that are in the Art Nouveau or Jugendstil style of architecture in the city centre and old town, which is a Unesco World Heritage Centre.

In mid-November of 2024, we took a quick, three-day trip from Paris to Riga, Latvia. | Late last year, we visited Riga, Latvia, after learning the city has more Art Nouveau buildings than anywhere ...

The Historic Centre of Riga and its buffer zone include a set of authentic cultural and historical attributes significant to its Outstanding Universal Value: structure of historic urban pattern with ...

Art nouveau district: Many of Riga’s 800-plus art nouveau buildings are concentrated north of the old town. Some of the most audacious are on Elizabetes iela and Alberta iela, ...

Walking through Riga feels like time travelling between the 13th and 19th century – a medieval castle towers over one street while another just a few metres away boasts glamorous buildings Paris ...

The late-19th century is also apparent in Riga’s celebrated Art Nouveau district – a fabulous pocket of architecture that spreads out around Alberta Iela (Albert Street), a short stroll north ...

What better way to honour the architecture and design style – recognisable for its flowing lines, asymmetry, sense of dynamism, and intricate designs – than taking a whistle-stop tour of some of ...

World Art Nouveau Day is marked every year on 10 June, the anniversary of the deaths of two greats of the movement: Catalan Antoni Gaudí and Hungarian Ödön Lechner.

Famous Art Nouveau Buildings and Structures Hôtel Tassel by Victor Horta, Brussels, Belgium Built in 1893, the Hôtel Tassel is perhaps the foundation for Art Nouveau architecture with its ...