Riga
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Like the photo before this is a building constructed by Mr. Eisenstein (Father of the famous film director).
jugendstils.riga.lv/JugendstilsRiga/eizensteins/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Eisenstein
This Site has a lot of detail about the building:
Photo from Riga St Peter’s Church tower. In the background River Daugava
Well seen Riga Cathedral, the Evangelical Lutheran cathedral in Riga, Latvia. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Riga.
The church was built near the River Daugava in 1211 by Livonian Bishop Albert of Riga, who came from Lower Saxony in northwestern Germany. It is considered the largest medieval church in the Baltic states. It has undergone many modifications in the course of its history.
The organ of the Riga Cathedral was built by E.F. Walcker & Sons of Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, in 1882–83,[2] and was inaugurated on 31 January 1884. It has four manuals and one pedalboard. It plays 116 voices, 124 stops, 144 ranks, and 6718 pipes. It includes 18 combinations and General Crescendo