Festivity of Songs and dances

Just festivity of Songs and dances are worth, which year UNESCO inscribed in a world non-material culture inheritance list as a world scale masterpiece. Festivity of songs and dances it can suppose for the most considerable culture enterprise the at least nearest five in time of years participants - singers, dancers, tooters, kokle players, musicians, weavers, ceramicists and other, what in is a week-day engaged in take care of the non-material culture inheritance. Together with Latvia neighbour countrys Lithuania and Estonia word, which representatives as chief condutor or over leader have been to us on festivity, is this section inscribed also.

Time in five years in Riga asammbled the Latvia rural and cities choirs, let sing Song in festivity. Here are not professional musicians. A various age, letts of educational areas and persuasions sing together, feels other other as in family. Thirteen thousands of men rise in half six in the morning on a dress rehearsal. If rain (In the festivity of songs rain often!), lends other other stockings are bound. Help to interlace chaplet. To pet shirts of flaxes. First festivity of Songs already none remember, in fact history legends about them. They took place year year acknowledged the holidays of UNESCO Songs and dances for an unique humanity culture inheritance department.

The Struve Geodetic Arc Two points of the Struve Geodedetic Arc – "Jēkabpils" and "Sestukalns" were included on World Heritage List of UNESCO

The Struve Geodetic Arc  The Struve Arc is a chain of survey triangulations stretching from Hammerfest in Norway to the Black Sea, through ten countries and over 2,820 km.  The original arc consisted of 258 main triangles with 265 main station points.  From the 265 geodesic points 16 is in Latvia.

The Struve Geodetic Arc  These are points of a survey, carried out between 1816 and 1855 by the astronomer Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve,  which represented the first accurate measuring of a long segment of a meridian.  This helped establish the exact size and shape of our planet and marked an important step in the development of earth sciences and topographic mapping.

From the 265 geodesic points 34 points are the UNESCO culture inheritance list confirmed: In Norway - 4, In Sweden - 4, In Finland - 6, In Estonia - 3, In Latvia - 2, In Lithuania - 3, In Russia - 2, In Byelorussia - 5, In Ukraine - 4, In Moldova - 1. The Struve Geodetic Arc

Riga historical center

► Riga's historic town center was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1997 ► Situated on the Daugava River on the shores of the Riga Gulf of the Baltic Sea, Riga benefits from pleasant coastal air and is the gateway into the Baltic region. ► A major center of the Hanseatic League, Riga came to prominence during the 13th- 15th centuries, benefiting from its geographic location as a trade port between Central and Eastern Europe.

► ► In architecture of the Riga historical center find look the by all Northeurope characteristic style from gothic architecture to modernism.

► Riga became an important economic centre in the 19th century, when the suburbs surrounding the medieval town were laid out, first with imposing wooden buildings in neoclassical style... and then in Jugendstil.

► It is generally recognized that Riga has the finest collection of art nouveau buildings in Europe.

Amsterdam channels

The famous Amsterdam channels will apply on UNESCO world culture inheritance status obtain. Amsterdam the official request has send to year 1. February. The capitals of Netherlands the Amsterdam channels are one from the most important tourist examination objects in the state. Channels were created mainly XVII in a century. The general system of channels contains both water channels and bridges and channel aside the being buildings, which in same queue is state culture monuments.

Santa Maria da Vitoria cloister

Santa Maria da Vitoria cloister, which build as oath assertion, built after king Jana I order for honour girl Maria, let Castiles invaders are struck in the Aljubarrota battle. Included in the list of the UNESCO world inheritances, this imposing monument represents the Portuguese gothic architecture concluding link, which start year.

Wieliczka salt mines

The Wieliczka saltmine included in the year UNESCO list - cave city labyrinths, cave salt lake, from salt sculptures are formed, altars and even whole churches!

Marble caves

In north Ireland. Marble caves are one from two the Ireland nature monuments, which are included in European Geopark status. A second place - Copper Coast, Co. Waterford. From year marble caves are also between the UNESCO Global Geopark nature monuments.