Basteiberg (Riga)
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The Basteiberg ( Bastejkalns ) is a spacious park on the eastern edge of the old town of the Latvian capital Riga .
The area of this public park was used as part of the eastern fortress until 1856 and consisted of earth walls, covered trenches, bastions and moats in this area. This section of the fortress was assigned to the commander of the powder tower .
In the years that followed, the open area was redesigned with considerable embankments and the construction of the city canal and connected with the eastern suburbs by new bridges. At the suggestion of the architects Johann Daniel Felsko and Otto Dietze , a green area consisting of parks and gardens and a wide boulevard were created here. The landscape architect Georg Friedrich Ferdinand Kuphaldt was won over as a planner for a large part of the facilities . The cataracts, designed as water art in 1898, are an attraction and enrichment of the complex . One of the bridges spanning the city canal in the area of the park is the Timmbrücke, built in 1900 .
The park was expanded to include more monuments and facilities, including the Freedom Monument and the two memorial stones for the victims of the Riga citizens and security forces who died in an OMON mission in January 1991 . The blue anise monument was erected as early as 1929 . As part of a redesign that began in 1968, the sculpture Peace Dance was erected in 1970 . In 2006, Elisabeth II and Vaira Vike-Freiberga unveiled the Armitstead memorial for the Riga mayor George Armitstead . In 2007 the Vīgners memorial was unveiled .
literature
- Jochen Könnecke, Vladislav Rubzov: Latvia . In: DuMont art travel guide . DuMont Reiseverlag, Ostfildern 2005, ISBN 3-7701-6386-9 , coastal region north of Riga, the Gauja National Park, p. 78-80 .
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Coordinates: 56 ° 57 ′ 6 ″ N , 24 ° 6 ′ 40 ″ E