Riga's Great Guild building

The code in the Cultural heritage register – 7032

Address: Amatu iela 6, Riga, Latvia

Time of origin: 1649

Place of origin: Latvia, Riga

Material, Technique: bronze: casting, turning, cizeling, engraving

Dimensions: height – 110 cm, diameter – 70 cm

There is an inscription on the ball of the chandelier: “HEINRICH . KVSE. ANNO 1649”. Today, the Grand Guild is home to the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra. The chandelier hangs in a White Hall.

Literature and sources:

1. Latvijas PSR vēstures un kultūras pieminekļu saraksts. Riga: Avots, 1984, p. 271