architecture
House of the Black Heads
Riga, Latvia
Melngalvju nams [Latvian]
Schwarzhäupterhaus [German]
Architecture
historic names
New House of the Grand Guild
Neue Haus der Großen Gilde
[German]
1334-1687
built
1334
1996-2000
destroyed/demolished
destroyed by bombs in World War II
demolition of the remaining ruins
style/period
work type
form/concept
material
technique
architect / constr. phase
1619-1625
remodelling of the facades in Northern European Mannerist style
1626
installation of the astronomical clock
1996-2000
reconstruction after total demolition in 1948
Specifications
height
27.0 m
Geography
local language location name
Rīga, Latvija [Latvian]
historical affiliations
1334-1561
1561-1582
1582-1629
1629-1721
1721-1917
1917-1918
1918-1940
1940-1941
1941-1944
1944-1991
UNESCO World Heritage Site
type
cultural
criteria
I,
II
designation
reference
852
