Triangula Bastions
Triangula Bastions (Triangular Bastion) is a shopping center on 11. Novembra mainly occupied by Maxima.
The name is delivered from a bastion, which had protected the city walls and obstructing the enemy access to Riga from Daugava river.
Medieval bastion ruins still can be observed in the basement of this building made of glass.
Labels: buildings, museums, shopping, snow, streets, vecriga, walls, winter
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So that's why the architecture's like this. I already liked it even before reading your commentary. Now I like it even more for being such a modern tribute to the bastion. And the ruins really are still there? That's awesome. I hope you can take a photo of them one of these days.