The Memorial Ensemble of the Brothers’ Cemetery in Rīga is dedicated to the soldiers who died in the First World War and Latvia’s War of Independence. The ensemble is composed as a symbolic memorial path. Two Mourning Horsemen rear above the entrance gate through which visitors enter the Pārdomu ceļš (Path of Reflection) whose avenue of lindens represents the mothers, wives and sisters waiting and suffering in silence. Beyond the avenue, the Sacred altar of fire and oak grove of the Varoņu terase (Heroes’ Terrace) symbolise the union of eternal fire and the strength of man. The Altar’s wall divides our world from the kingdom of the deceased – an extensive graveyard – over which Mother Latvia looms, in gratitude and sadness.
The rocky Vidzeme seaside
St Meinard’s Island with the ruins of Ikšķile Church
View of Vecrīga from the left bank of the Daugava
Rīga’s arc of boulevards, parks and canal with the Central Market pavilions
The Great Ķemeri Bog
Ķemeri sanatorium and park
Jūrmala with wooden chalets and beach
Ancient Gauja River valley
Gauja River mouth with coastal dune forests