Riga Circus in Merkela Street, central Riga, Latvia. January 15, 2011
At first sight the Riga Circus building looks simple, but in fact, it is able to withstand very high loads that is important for complex circus performances. It was provided in 1888 by building an originally constructed dome; the supports of structures and the auditorium are made of railroad tracks. It was something unseen, and the statutory auditors caring for safety wrote in the records - only new tracks should be used! Talented architect and innovator Janis Friedrich Baumanis and a whizz-kid enterpreneur Albert Salamonsky (he already had his circus in Berlin and Moscow) was a good tandem for one of Europe's oldest circus buildings to be constructed within one year.
Riga Circus in Merkela Street, central Riga, Latvia. January 15, 2011
At first sight the Riga Circus building looks simple, but in fact, it is able to withstand very high loads that is important for complex circus performances. It was provided in 1888 by building an originally constructed dome; the supports of structures and the auditorium are made of railroad tracks. It was something unseen, and the statutory auditors caring for safety wrote in the records - only new tracks should be used! Talented architect and innovator Janis Friedrich Baumanis and a whizz-kid enterpreneur Albert Salamonsky (he already had his circus in Berlin and Moscow) was a good tandem for one of Europe's oldest circus buildings to be constructed within one year.