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Histoires de Lettonie

Practical guides, hidden history, and insider tips for visiting Riga and beyond — by Daiga.

Rundāle Palace
Guide du visiteur

Rundāle Palace — Une histoire d'orgueil, d'exil et du plus beau retour de l'histoire européenne

A man had everything, lost everything, spent twenty years in Siberia, came back at 72, and finished building his palace anyway. Plus: what daily life really looked like when there was no plumbing.

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Riga Art Nouveau
Guide de promenade

Riga's Art Nouveau — Où les bâtiments ont des visages et chaque façade raconte une histoire

Over 800 buildings, screaming masks, an architect who was probably expelled from university, and a quiet revolution carved into stone. Bring a neck pillow.

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Baltic German legacy
Histoire

Les Germano-Baltes — 700 ans de châteaux, de pouvoir et un départ très soudain

They arrived as crusaders, built baroque palaces, ran a duchy with Caribbean colonies, and then 60,000 of them packed up and left in six weeks. The extraordinary story written into every Latvian landscape.

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