Riga Castle — Attraction in Riga

And what about Riga without a romantic castle? It was built by knights in the 14th century, and there were probably stories with beautiful ladies. Did the townspeople kick out the knights for something? One lady, Tsarina Anna, was imprisoned when the castle was a prison. Later there were pioneers. And now the Latvian Presentation Office is located here. More often than not, I saw photos of the castle from the Daugava embankment. We walked along it from the city side. Of course, for so many centuries the castle burned, was destroyed, rebuilt and reconstructed. It looks pretty nice now. Yes, Riga has a castle with towers,...

Riga Castle (Latvian: Rīgas pils) is a castle on the banks of River Daugava in Riga, the capital of Latvia. The castle was founded in 1330. Its structure was thoroughly rebuilt between 1497 and 1515. Upon the castle's seizure by the Swedes, they constructed spacious annexes in 1641. The fortress was continually augmented and reconstructed between the 17th and 19th centuries. Sometime in the 1930s, some renovation work was done by architect Eižens Laube. The Latvian government declared the castle its residence in 1938. Today it is the official residence of the President of Latvia as well as home to...

At the time we visited we were told that there was no big exhibition but a few smaller ones. We decided to take the risk assuming that at least we'll be able to see the building itself from the inside. The whole building was "renovated" from the inside though. There were plain white walls all around. The only parts of the semi original castle were the cellars and stairs (but the stairs didn't allow access to any other floor so we had to walk back). The only real exhibition was on the highest floor but we found it...