Albert Street, Riga

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Albert Street

Alberta iela 8 – 2
Native name	Alberta iela (Latvian)
Former name(s)	Albertstraße Альбертовская улица
Namesake	Bishop Albert
Length	255 m (837 ft)
Coordinates	56°57′33″N 24°06′35″E / 56.95904°N 24.109712°E / 56.95904; 24.109712
Construction
Construction start	1901

Albert Street (Latvian: Alberta iela) is a street in central Riga known for its Art Nouveau buildings.^[1] It was built in 1901 and named after Bishop Albert, who founded Riga in 1201.

Many of the apartment buildings along the street were designed by the architect

Since April 2009 Pēkšēns' former residence at number 12 has housed the Riga Art Nouveau Museum.^[1] A number of institutions of higher education are located on the street or adjacent; the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, the Riga Graduate School of Law and the College of Business Administration [lv]. The embassies of Belgium and Ireland are also located on Alberta iela.

Notable buildings

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  Alberta iela 1 - living house by Heinrich Scheel and August Friedrich Scheffel built in 1901. The writer Zenta Mauriņa lived here.
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  Alberta iela 2a - living house by Mikhail Eisenstein built in 1906. Isaiah Berlin spent the first years of his life there.
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  Alberta iela 4 - living house by Mikhail Eisenstein built in 1904.
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  Alberta iela 4 - neo-baroque building by Hermann Hilbig.
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  Alberta iela 8 - living house by Mikhail Eisenstein built in 1903.
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  Alberta iela 12 - Art nouveau building by Konstantīns Pēkšēns and Eižens Laube. The Riga Art Nouveau Museum is located there.

See also

• Art Nouveau architecture in Riga

References

• Media related to Alberta Street, Riga at Wikimedia Commons

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