Saturday, July 27, 2024

Riga Art Nouveau Tour, 1

Our major art nouveau walking tour in Riga encompassed two neighborhoods, Elizabeth Street (my translation) and Alberta St. (ditto), and their environs. Again, we were guided by both our printed guidebook and by the Museum's excellent website. Again, we were reminded that great variety and diversity underlie art nouveau, like any artistic movement, and that much of this diversity relates to the locale and its history and stories. 

Starting on Elizabeth St.

The columns part of the "perpendicular" stage of art nouveau
in Riga




A bit of the wedding cake look...

Interesting...



Spikey head-gear

Ever more

Now on our way to Albert St...full wedding cake

Very famous

#4 Strelnieku St.


Another curiosity


Now on Alberta St.

A dozen or so, both sides of the street





1 comment:

Tawana said...

Many interesting things on that walk. Looks like lots of other people were taking photos of one of the more famous buildings.