The House of the Blackheads | Phantom 4 Pro

AIRVŪZ STAFF NOTE : The House of the Blackheads is one of the top attractions in the Old City of Riga, Latvia. It was built in the early 1300's as a guild for merchants and other professions in the port city, which at the time was a member of the powerful Hanseatic League, a group of Baltic Sea cities which controlled much of the trade of northern Europe. The building had been essentially destroyed during World War II, but was carefully reconstructed in the 1990's when Latvia won its independence from the Soviet Union.

over 6 years ago

260 VŪZ

Report

BADGES THIS VIDEO HAS EARNED:

Aerial view of one of the most interesting buildings in Riga The original building was erected during the first third of the 14th century for the Brotherhood of Blackheads, a guild for unmarried German merchants in Riga. Major works were done in the years 1580 and 1886, adding most of the ornamentations. The sculptures were made by the workshop of August Volz. The building was bombed to a ruin by the Germans on June 28, 1941 and the remains were demolished by the Soviets in 1948. The current reconstruction was erected from 1995 to 1999.