Kaļķu iela (''
Lime
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* Lime (fruit), a green citrus fruit
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* Lime (color), a color between yellow and green
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Street'') is a street in the medieval
old town
In a city or town, the old town is its historic or original core. Although the city is usually larger in its present form, many cities have redesignated this part of the city to commemorate its origins after thorough renovations. There are ma ...
of
Riga
Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Ba ...
,
Latvia
Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...
. The street begins at the central square
Rātslaukums and goes to the North East as far as the boundary of the historical centre.
Brīvības iela and Brīvības bulvāris form a continuation of Kaļķu iela.
History
The street was first mentioned in 1407. In 1950, during the
Soviet occupation of Latvia, Kaļķu iela was merged with Brīvības iela and Brīvības bulvāris to form the central street of Soviet Riga that was called Lenin Street ( lv, Ļeņina iela, russian: улицa Ленина).
Notable buildings
File:Kaļķu iela 11 2015-09-09 (1).JPG, Number 11 - bank building erected in 18th-19th century by architect Christoph Haberland
Christoph Haberland ( lv, Kristofs Hāberlands) was a Baltic German architect, chief architect of Riga and is considered one of the most illustrious masters of classical architecture in Latvian history.
Biography
Christoph Haberland was born i ...
; later reconstructed by Konstantīns Pēkšēns
Konstantīns Pēkšēns (born 3 March 1859, Mazsalaca parish, Russian Empire — died 23 June 1928, Bad Kissingen, Weimar Republic) is one of the most prominent Latvian people, Latvian architects of all times. After Jānis Baumanis he is the epito ...
in 1902 and in 1998 by Visvaldis Sarma;
File:Russisches Theater in Riga 2018.jpg, Number 16 - the Mikhail Chekhov Russian Theatre of Riga, founded in 1883, the oldest Russian-language drama theatre outside Russia;
File:Kaļķu iela 20 2015-09-09 (1).JPG, Number 20 - Lauvas Aptieka (Lion pharmacy), formerly the oldest pharmacy in Riga founded in 1653.
* Number 6 - ''The Chimneysweeper House'', built in the 18th century, later rebuilt in 1896 by architect
Wilhelm Bockslaff
Wilhelm Ludwig Nikolai Bockslaff ( lv, Vilhelms Ludvigs Nikolajs Bokslafs, russian: Вильгельм Людвиг Николай Бокслаф; , Riga – 9 March 1945, Poznań) was a Baltic German architect working in Riga. He is considered ...
and in 2004;
References
Streets in Riga
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