Cesu street ( Latvian: Cēsu iela ) - a street in Riga , in the Vidzeme suburb . It branches off from Brivibas street at the New Church of Gertrude [1] and ends, merging again into Brivibas street, at the office complex “Ziemeļu vārti” (d. 151). The length of the street is 723 meters [2] .
| Cesu Street | |
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| Cēsu iela | |
 The beginning of Cesu street. On the right is the northern facade of the New Church of Gertrude . | |
| general information | |
| A country | |
| City | Riga |
| Area | Central District , Vidzeme Suburb |
| Historical district | Center , Brasa |
| Length | |
| Former names | Bolshaya Pesochnaya, Malaya Aleksandrovskaya , Old Aleksandrovskaya , Vendenskaya street |
| Name in honor | |
History
The original name is Bolshaya Pesochnaya street. In 1815, the street was straightened, and it took a new path. In 1818, Bolshaya Pesochnaya Street was renamed Aleksandrovskaya, a circular piece of the old street was called Malaya Aleksandrovskaya Street, and then Old Aleksandrovskaya ( German Alte Alexanderstraße ), since 1885 this street became known as Wendensche Street ( German Wendensche Straße [3] , by the name of the city of Venden , now Cesis).
On April 2, 1900, young V. I. Lenin made a stop at the apartment of the St. Petersburg revolutionary Mikhail Alexandrovich Silvin at 17, on Cesu Street [4] .
Attractions
- The New Church of Gertrude
- 17 - Riga Lenin Museum
- 43 - a former apartment building with a shop (architect E. Trompovsky , 1910 ) [5]
Adjacent Streets
Cesu Street intersects with the following streets:
- Brivibas street
- Tallinn street
- Meness Street
Notes
- ↑ New Church of St. Gertrude
- ↑ Rīgas ielu pamatlielumi (Latvian) (xls). Open data . Riga City Council (January 1, 2016). Date of treatment August 15, 2016.
- ↑ Original names of Riga streets
- ↑ In April 1900, V.I. Lenin, on the advice of prominent social democrat M.A. Silvin, made an illegal trip to Riga Archived on February 6, 2015.
- ↑ Riga. Architect Edmund von Trompovsky
Literature
- Cesu street // Riga: Encyclopedia = Enciklopēdija “Riga” / ch. ed. P.P. Eran. - Riga: The main edition of encyclopedias , 1989. - S. 769-770. - 880 s. - 60,000 copies. - ISBN 5-89960-002-0 .
Links
- Cēsu iela Street at citariga.lv