National Freedom Monument - Riga, Latvia
Posted by: bluesnote
N 56° 57.078 E 024° 06.757
35V E 324398 N 6315674
The top star of the National Freedom Monument in Riga, serves as a benchmark for surveying.
Waymark Code: WMJK37
Location: Latvia
Date Posted: 11/27/2013
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The Freedom Monument it Riga serves as a reminder of Latvian war of Independence from the Soviet Union in 1918. There used to be a statue of Tzar Peter the Great, but it was taken down by the Latvian people. This new statue remains in it's place. On the top it the Latvian Lady Liberty and on the bottom is Latvian language.
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