Sculpture of horse tram (Riga)
Latvia /
Riga /
Riga /
Latgales Street, 121B
World
/ Latvia
/ Riga
/ Riga
World / Lithuania / Panevezio
sculpture, small architectural form
The first three horse tram linea opened in Riga in 1882 year.
Line served 19 cabins and each of them was able to include 40 passengers.
Wagons speed was 10 km/h. Wagons were built in Riga, in Russian-Baltic wagon factory.
On 23 August 1882, The line opened between here and the town center.
Sculpture 'Horse-drawn omnibus' by Andris Vārpa was unveiled on April, 25th, 2009.
The three-metre high sculpture, which is made out of fragments of tramway rails remembers the first public transport in this area.
www.360cities.net/image/zirgu-tramvajs-riga-latvia
Line served 19 cabins and each of them was able to include 40 passengers.
Wagons speed was 10 km/h. Wagons were built in Riga, in Russian-Baltic wagon factory.
On 23 August 1882, The line opened between here and the town center.
Sculpture 'Horse-drawn omnibus' by Andris Vārpa was unveiled on April, 25th, 2009.
The three-metre high sculpture, which is made out of fragments of tramway rails remembers the first public transport in this area.
www.360cities.net/image/zirgu-tramvajs-riga-latvia
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 56°56'16"N 24°8'47"E
- Egle(Tree) open-air area 2.7 km
- Mārupīte "stones" park 5.9 km
- Sudrabkalniņš 7.5 km
- Sculpture garden 14 km
- Vakarbuļļi 14 km
- Witches park 42 km
- Square, garden 49 km
- Walking-stick Park 49 km
- Stone sculptures park 73 km
- Place of Epiphany of Our Lady 174 km
- Hospital territory 0.3 km
- Hospital park 0.3 km
- Latgales suburb 0.4 km
- Shopping mall Mols 0.4 km
- Car parking 0.4 km
- Yacht port 0.7 km
- Zvirgzdu peninsula 0.8 km
- Kojusalas grāvis 1.1 km
- Krasta 1.1 km
- Zaķusala 1.6 km