Teika, Riga
Teika is a neighbourhood in the Vidzeme Suburb of Riga, the capital of Latvia.
Teika | |
|---|---|
Neighborhood of Riga | |
 The former Teika Cinema built in the 1930s | |
 Location in Riga | |
| Country | Latvia |
| City | Riga |
| District | Vidzeme Suburb |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.682 km2 (1.808 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 30,273 |
| • Density | 6,500/km2 (17,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Website | apkaimes.lv |
Teika is the only neighbourhood in Riga which was planned and partly built in 1920s and 1930s during interwar Latvia. Built up areas consists mainly from 1- to 2-storey family houses, but there are also 5-storey apartment houses, especially around Brīvības street and Zemitāns Square. Teika was planned as very modern district for those times and today is known for its Functionalist architecture which was widely practiced there.[1]
Monument to Jorģis Zemitāns in Zemitāns Square
References
- Krastiņš, Jānis (1 July 2006). "Architecture and Urban Development of Art Nouveau—Metropolis Riga". International Review of Sociology—Revue Internationale de Sociologie. 16 (2): 395–425. doi:10.1080/03906700600709327. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
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