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Golden Roosters Atop of Churches

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (97912) • Daytona Beach, Florida 20 May 19

One of the amazing things about Riga, Latvia was that their old churches have incredibly long church spires that did not end with crosses but with golden roosters. The reason behind this was that in the Christian tradition the...

golden roosters on church spires

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First Christmas Tree

iDivision @iDivision (1412) • Latvia 13 Dec 10

Everyone know about Christmas. Many know about christmas traditions - Santa-Claus, christmass tree, gifts etc. But not everybody know that first Christmas tree as part of Christmas celebration happened in Riga, Latvia 5 centuries...

christamas tree

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Jobs you didn't really know excisted

Torunn @Torunn (8606) • Norway 26 Apr 10

Some years ago when I travelled around on Shetland and Orkney with three friends, one of them and I decided we wanted to spend a day on Foula. Foula is a small island on the coast of Shetland mainland, you can just see it when...

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the best affiliate programs for art blogging

akante @akante (151) • Latvia 3 Dec 09

Hi, i am new in this area and i am making my new blog about young painters, who are good painters but they are not very popular. So. And i want to use good affiliate programmes what help me promote my site. Could you give me...

affiliate programme

Riga a veritable Art Nouveau Metropolis

akante @akante (151) • Latvia 30 Nov 09

Riga is a Latvia's capital and a Art Nouveau Metropolis. Art Nouveau Styles falls under several branches - Eclectic, Romanticized, Decorative and Vertical.More then a third buildings in the center of Riga are in Art Nouveau Style....

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Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Russia

maximax8 @maximax8 (31042) • United Kingdom 2 Jan 08

I have bought a flight in June to Riga in Latvia. I will be traveling with my baby son. I am trying to decide where we will go. Have you ever been to this region or St Petersburg in Russia? I want us to stay in guest houses and...

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Latvia's cultural heritage

webspider @webspider (1) • South Africa 19 Dec 06

I visited a folk music festival in Riga (Latvia's beautiful capital) once. I was amazed at their folk singing. It was out of this world! Have you been to Riga? Have you experienced Latvian folk music?

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