St. Peter's Church, Riga

The ticket incl. lift on the Tower fails with EUR 9 record. This is measured by the average income of the Latvians - a fortune. One can only hope that locals have to not pay that. First leads the way to the lift over 3 floors felt steps upwards. The lift is every 10 minutes, because not too much space up on the observation deck, that there are more than 20 people can be. The view is terrific on a beautiful day.

Beautiful church, but overtime the view from the top of the bell tower that will scale with a comfortable lift. Dress warmly: the wind is rushing!

The highest Church of Riga did not miss. Even if you have no guide, no Google maps, you will find yourself about it the natural order of things, along with the flow of tourists. The Cathedral, which we see ourselves is far from original. The reason for this is simple-turbulent history of Riga and beach-fires. The first mention of the Peterkirche refers to the year 1209. It was then the main, because the Cathedral did not yet exist. The townspeople used the Church as for its intended purpose and for military purposes-in the year 1297 roofs they bombarded the castle of the Teutonic order. Cathedral looked differently then he had a patrol Tower and freestanding Bell Tower. At the beginning of the 15th century was rebuilt a new Bell Tower. However, further to the start all sorts of misadventures. Apparently the celestial patronage in this case did not work perfectly. In the year 1666 new 136-meter Tower collapsed and fell on a nearby House, killing everyone who was there. Here fans of Numerology can write off everything a Satanic three six, forgetting about preceded them will. Hardworking rigans Bell Tower was rebuilt. Exactly that in 1677, it burned down along with the rest of the Cathedral and the Centre Premises to boot. So the figure "7" also proved to be unhappy. Riga again rebuilt by Peter. Even the Cathedral survived the siege and capture of Riga by Russian troops in 1710 during the great northern war. And only the townspeople translated spirit as lightning struck the tower and burned it to become meaningless. It happened in the year 1721 and kind of like myself.