The floor and walls are dotted with old stone tombs, which were inundated by a flood - Blamed for a cholera and typhoid outbreak that killed a third of Riga's population in 1709.
Has been used as gunpowder storage, prison,
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| Riga's Dom Cathedral - Founded 1211, 13th-18th century architecture The floor and walls are dotted with old stone tombs, which were inundated by a flood - Blamed for a cholera and typhoid outbreak that killed a third of Riga's population in 1709. |
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| Pulvertornis (Powder Tower)- 14th Century Has been used as gunpowder storage, prison, torture chamber... |
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