Kokneses Prospect ( Latvian. Kokneses prospekts ) is a street in the Northern district of Riga , in the historic district of Mežaparks . It runs northwards, from Kiseser Street to Mezha Avenue . The total length of the avenue is 1720 meters [1] .
| Prospect Kokneses | |
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| Latvian. Kokneses prospekts | |
 View of the avenue from the intersection with the street. Stockholmas | |
| general information | |
| A country | |
| City | Riga |
| Area | North District |
| Historic District | Mezaparks |
| Length | |
| Former names | Ketlerskaya street |
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History
First mentioned in the list of city streets for the years 1903-1908, originally called Ketlerskaya Street ( Latvian. Ketlera iela , German Kettlerstraße ) [2] - in honor of Gotthard Ketler . It was the main road leading to the Tsar Forest ; initially ran only to Stockholm Street , in 1910 it was extended to the current Mezha Avenue [3] . In 1923, the avenue received its modern name (in honor of the city of Koknese ), which has not changed anymore [4] .
Building and Landmarks
10 buildings on Kokneses Avenue are recognized as architectural monuments [5] .
- House 1 - a shop with living quarters (architect K. Agte, 1913) is an architectural monument of national importance.
- House 15 - a private house (architect A. Zarins, 1931) - a monument of architecture of national importance.
- House 18 is a residential building with a shop (architect H. Rosenbergs, 1934–1936) is a monument of architecture of national importance.
- House 18A is a laser medicine clinic [6] .
- House 19 is a private house (architect , 1929).
At the intersection with the streets Stockholmas and Peterupes a monument to children deported in 1941 was erected (sculptor Dzintra Jansone, 1993).
To date, the street plays the role of a public shopping center of the surrounding area [3] . At the beginning of the avenue, from the mid-2010s, a previously undeveloped area has been creating a micro-district of modern low-rise buildings with apartments Mežaparka Rezidences [7] .
Transportation
Prospect Kokneses is covered with asphalt throughout, the traffic is two-way. The route of tram No. 11 [8] passes throughout the avenue, and in summertime on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays the retrotram runs additionally along the same route [9] .
A cycle path Center — Mezhaparks, opened in 2007, passes along Kokneses Avenue [10] .
Adjacent streets
Kokneses Avenue intersects with the following streets:
- Kisezera street
- street Mezhezera
- Kelnes street
- Mirdzas Kempes Street
- Gluka street
- Sudrabu Edge street
- Karl Watson street
- Hamburgas street
- Gdanskas street
- Annas Sackes street
- street stockholmas
- Petarupes street
- Visbijas Avenue
- Poruka street
- Siguldas Avenue
- Mezha Avenue
Notes
- ↑ Rīgas ielu pamatlielumi (Latvian) (xls). Open data . Riga City Council (January 1, 2016). The appeal date is August 15, 2016.
- ↑ Kokneses prospekts / Original street names of Riga
- ↑ 1 2 Kokneses prospectus // Riga: Encyclopedia = Enciklopēdija “Rīga” / ch. ed. P. P. Eran. - Riga: Main edition of encyclopedias , 1989. - p. 374. - 880 p. - 60 000 copies - ISBN 5-89960-002-0 .
- ↑ Streets of Mezaparks at citariga.lv
- ↑ Riga, Kokneses prospekts State Register of Architectural Monuments mantojums.lv (Latvian)
- ↑ Laser Medicine Clinic
- ↑ About the project “Mežaparka Rezidences”
- ↑ Public transport at the bus stop “Visbijas prospekts”
- ↑ Armen Khalatyan. Retro tram in Riga - Riga, Latvia. Tourism . Meeting.lv . www.meeting.lv. The appeal date is April 15, 2019.
- ↑ Atklāts veloceliņš uz Mežaparku (Latvian)