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Merkela Street - Merķeļa iela - Große Parkstraße - маркиза Паулуччи - BismarkstraßeThe street was created in 1860 with t...
03/01/2019

Merkela Street - Merķeļa iela - Große Parkstraße - маркиза Паулуччи - Bismarkstraße

The street was created in 1860 with the demolition of the city walls, its original name being the Great Park Street (German: Große Parkstraße). During the Baltic Russification, in 1885, the street was renamed to the signpost Pauluči Street (Russian: улица маркиза Паулуччи). After the establishment of the Republic of Latvia in 1923 it was renamed Merķeļa Street. During the German occupation it was renamed Bismarkstraße.

Street characteristics:
Merķeļa Street is 560 meters long asphalted street in the center of Riga. It starts at the intersection with the streets of Mary and Satekles and goes north-northwest. In the vicinity of Riga circus the street crosses with Krišjānis Barona street. In the vicinity of the Latvian Society House, the street connects with the Architects Street. The main building of the University of Latvia is located on the side of the street (in the section from Architect Street to Inženieru Street). But on the other side of the street (from Krišjāņa Barona Street to Brīvības Boulevard) is Vērmandārzs. At the end of Merķeļa Street you will find the "Saktas" building (former Tranzē-Rozeneku house) and "Vernissage" (formerly Vērmandārzs restaurant). Merksley Street ends at the intersection with the Freedom Boulevard, Terbatas Street and Kalpaka Boulevard. Merķeļa Street is a one-way street, where you can drive from Station Square to Brīvības Boulevard.

Krishana Barona Str. - Suworowstraße - Krišjāņa Barona iela - Улица Кри́шьяня Ба́ронаKrišjāņa Barona Street was establis...
02/01/2019

Krishana Barona Str. - Suworowstraße - Krišjāņa Barona iela - Улица Кри́шьяня Ба́рона

Krišjāņa Barona Street was established in 1858 during the demolition of Riga ramparts, connecting the St. Petersburg suburb Lielo Pirts Street across the City Canal Bridge to the Old Town, thus creating the continuation of Audēju Street in the Boulevard district. Initially, the bridge and street section to Elizabetes Street was called the Suvorova Boulevard (on behalf of the then Baltic Governor General Alexander Suvorov). In 1874, Omnibus traffic was discovered on this street, and since 1900, an electric tram runs along this street. During the Stučka government in 1919, the street was named Lasala Street, renamed in 1923 by Krišjānis Barons, in 1919-1923. lived in the 3rd house of this street. After World War II, a tram line continued from Tallinn to Freedom (Lenin) Street.

In the autumn of 2015, reconstruction was started on the street, restoring the pavement along the entire street and setting up recommendable bicycle lanes on both sides of the street. The widespread dissatisfaction of the population with the quality of the work carried out led to the official opening of the reconstructed street until the end of 2017.

During the Livonian Confederation in the area of ​​modern Gertrudes Street there was the gate of suburb Rauna (near the ...
02/01/2019

During the Livonian Confederation in the area of ​​modern Gertrudes Street there was the gate of suburb Rauna (near the present intersection of Gertrudes and Brivibas streets), after which the road to Riga Castle of Archbishop Rauna began. The oldest evidence of the existence of the street dates back to 1754, as evidenced by the records of the archives at the beginning of the 19th century, called the Great Kalēju Street (German: Große Schmiedestraße) in relation to the existing blacksmith workshops in the suburbs of Terbatas Highway (now Terbatas Street). After the demolition of Riga's ramparts from 1864 to 1866, the St. Gertrude's Church was rebuilt on the Great Kalēju Street, which was called as the “Holy Guard of the Travelers” from the 15th century. On behalf of Gertrude (626-659). The construction of the church was completed in 1869.

In 1885, a well-maintained street was renamed on behalf of a newly built church on Gertrude Street (German: Gertrudstrasse, Russian: Гертрудинская улица). After the Soviet occupation of Latvia, renaming of several streets of Riga took place, and in 1950 Gertrudes Street, in honor of the communist ideologist Karl Marks, was renamed Kārlis Marksa Street. In the first half of 1990, it regained its former name of Gertrude Street

Riga in 1650 (Drawing by Johann Christoph Brotze)
11/06/2018

Riga in 1650 (Drawing by Johann Christoph Brotze)

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