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The Brothers' Cemetery or Cemetery of the Brethren (), also sometimes referred to in English as the Common Graves or simply as the Military Cemetery, is a military cemetery and national monument in Riga, capital of Latvia. The cemetery is a memorial to and burial ground for thousands of Latvian soldiers who were killed between 1915 and 1920 in World War I and the Latvian War of Independence.

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  • Brothers' Cemetery (Riga)
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  • The Brothers' Cemetery or Cemetery of the Brethren (), also sometimes referred to in English as the Common Graves or simply as the Military Cemetery, is a military cemetery and national monument in Riga, capital of Latvia. The cemetery is a memorial to and burial ground for thousands of Latvian soldiers who were killed between 1915 and 1920 in World War I and the Latvian War of Independence.
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Country
  • Latvia
Name
  • Brothers' Cemetery
  • Brāļu Kapi
Type
  • public
ImageSize
  • 300(xsd:integer)
Caption
  • Eternal fire and statue of Mother Latvia in the background.
Established
  • 1915(xsd:integer)
Graves
  • >2800
Location
  • Riga
Size
  • ~9 hectares
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  • The Brothers' Cemetery or Cemetery of the Brethren (), also sometimes referred to in English as the Common Graves or simply as the Military Cemetery, is a military cemetery and national monument in Riga, capital of Latvia. The cemetery is a memorial to and burial ground for thousands of Latvian soldiers who were killed between 1915 and 1920 in World War I and the Latvian War of Independence. It was built as an integrated combination of sculpture and landscaping between 1924 and 1936, to designs by the sculptor Kārlis Zāle, many of whose sculptures feature prominently, by the architects P. Feders, A. Birzenieks, P. Kundziņš, the landscape gardener Andrejs Zeidaks, the sculptors J. Cirulis and F. Valdmanis and others.
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