Riga
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Riga is the capital of Latvia. It is home to over 800 Art Nouveau buildings. See Latvian Romanticism.
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Notable people
- Mikhail Baryshnikov — dancer and actor
- Isaiah Berlin — philosopher and Oxford academic
- Leor Dimant — the DJ of the successful nu metal band Limp Bizkit
- Sergei Eisenstein — Soviet film director
- Heinz Erhardt — German comedian
- Philippe Halsman — photographer
- Johann Gottfried Herder — German poet, critic, theologian, and philosopher
- Pēteris Vasks — composer
- Rosa von Praunheim — German film director
- Marie Seebach (1830–1897) - German actress
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