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| 2537 Historic Centre of Riga - House of the Blackheads |
Founded in 1201 on the Gulf of Riga, at the mouth of the Daugava, capital of independent Latvia since 1990, Riga was a major centre of the Hanseatic League, deriving its prosperity in the 13th-15th centuries from the trade with central and eastern Europe. Through centuries, it has been the centre of many historic events and a meeting point for European nations, and it has managed to preserve evidence of European influence on its historical development, borders between the West and the East, and intersection of trading and cultural routes.
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