Large Guild, Riga

Coordinates: 56°56′59″N 24°06′29″E / 56.9496906°N 24.1081667°E / 56.9496906; 24.1081667

View of the Large Guild from a 1918 vintage picture postcard

The Large Guild (Latvian: Lielā Ģilde) is a building situated in Riga, Latvia, and was erected in the years 1854 - 1857 after a project by architect K. Bejne in English Gothic style. The building was erected to house the guild of the same name, and today it houses the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra.^[1]

References

↑ "The Large Guild". citariga.lv. Retrieved 2009-07-26.

Large Guild today

Riga cityscape

Old Town	Castle Cat House Convent Yard House of the Blackheads House of the Livonian Noble Corporation Large Guild Powder Tower Small Guild Swedish Gate Three Brothers

Hotels	Grand Palace Radisson Blu Daugava Gallery Park

Monuments & memorials	Brothers' Cemetery Bikernieki Memorial Freedom Monument Great Cemetery Pokrov Cemetery Victory Memorial to Soviet Army

Parks & gardens	Vērmanes Garden

Museums & galleries	Museum of the History of Riga and Navigation National Museum of Art Museum of the Occupation of Latvia Latvian Ethnographic Open Air Museum War Museum Museum of Foreign Art Museum of National History

Theatres	Latvian National Opera Latvian National Theatre Palladium Riga New Riga Theatre

Places of worship	Nativity Cathedral Cathedral St. Peter's Church St. James's Cathedral

Bridges	Island Bridge Railway Bridge Southern Bridge Stone Bridge Vanšu Bridge

Structures	Radio and TV Tower

Other	National Library of Latvia Central Market Latvian Academy of Sciences Zoo

Waterways	Daugava River

Streets	Albert Street

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