Riga

This a backlighting of the House of the Blackheads (Melngalvju Nams), a building

situated in the old town of Riga. The original building was erected during the first third

of the 14th century for the Brotherhood of the Blackheads Guild, a guild for unmarried

German merchants in Riga. Major works were done in the years 1580 and 1886, adding

most of the ornamentations. The structure was bombed to a ruin by the Germans June

28, 1941 and the remains demolished by the Soviets in 1948. The current

reconstruction was erected from 1995 to 1999.