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Teika is a neighbourhood in the Vidzeme Suburb of Riga, the capital of Latvia.
Teika | |
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Neighborhood of Riga | |
The former Teika Cinema built in the 1930s | |
Location in Riga | |
| Country | Latvia |
| City | Riga |
| District | Vidzeme Suburb |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.682 km2 (1.808 sq mi) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 28,428 |
| • Density | 6,072/km2 (15,730/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Website | apkaimes.lv |
Teika is the only neighbourhood in Riga which was planned and partly built in the 1920s and 1930s during interwar Latvia. Built up areas consist mainly from 1- to 2-storey family houses, but there are also 5-storey apartment houses, especially around Brīvības street and Zemitāns Square. Teika was planned as a very modern district for those times and today is known for its Functionalist architecture which was widely practiced there.[1]
Gallery
edit- Monument to Jorģis Zemitāns in Zemitāns Square
- Piebalgas street in Teika
- Functionalist residential house on Āraišu street.
- Functionalist mansion on Lielvārdes street.
- Modern residential and office building complex Jaunā Teika (New Teika).
References
edit- ↑ Krastiņš, Jānis (1 July 2006). "Architecture and Urban Development of Art Nouveau—Metropolis Riga". International Review of Sociology. 16 (2): 395–425. doi:10.1080/03906700600709327. S2CID 146754212. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
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