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Raiņa kapi, Riga



Raiņa kapi is named after its most illustrious internee:
the writer Janis Plieksans aka 'Rainis'. The gate was
designed by Aleksandrs Birzenieks in 1929.


The beautiful monument to Rainis, set in a classical rotunda, was designed by Kārlis Zemdegs and carved from a 700-ton granite block. When it was unveiled in 1935, it was the largest monolith sculpture in Europe


During the Soviet occupation part of the cemetery was reserved for those who died in the cause of Communism. Click on the winged goddess of victory to see it and the colonade in detail.

There are many notable people interred in the cemetery including writers, actors, musicians, artists, sculptors, architects, scientists, doctors and military.