Brothers’ Cemetery

Brothers' Cemetery or Cemetery of the Brethren, also sometimes referred to in English as the Common Graves or simply as the Military Cemetery, is a military cemetery and national monument in , capital of .
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  • Type: Monument
  • Description: cemetery in Riga, Latvia
  • Also known as: “Brothers‘ Cemetery” and “Māte Latvija”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rainis cemetery and Sarkandaugava.

Cemetery
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is situated 380 metres south of Brothers’ Cemetery.

Railway station
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Station is a railway station on the Zemitāni–Skulte Railway, in neighbourhood of , Latvia. is situated 740 metres northwest of Brothers’ Cemetery.

Park
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The was formerly the principal of in , established in 1773. It was the main burial ground of the Baltic Germans in Latvia. is situated 2 km south of Brothers’ Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sarkandaugava and Čiekurkalns.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood of , .

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood of the Northern District of , the capital of . It is located on the southwestern shore of . In April 2014, the new building of the State Revenue Service of Latvia was unveiled at Talejas iela 1 in .

Suburb
is a of , the capital of .

Brothers’ Cemetery

Latitude
56.98894° or 56° 59′ 20″ north
Longitude
24.14299° or 24° 8′ 35″ east
Open location code
9G86X4QV+H5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 791090317
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Wiki­data ID
Q996777
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Brothers’ Cemetery” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Cementiri dels Germans”
  • Czech: “Brāļu kapi (Riga)”
  • Danish: “Broderkirkegården (Riga)”
  • Danish: “Brødrekirkegården (Riga)”
  • Danish: “Brødrekirkegården”
  • French: “cimetière des Frères”
  • French: “Cimetière des Frères”
  • German: “Brüderfriedhof”
  • Hungarian: “Testvérek temetője”
  • Latvian: “Rīgas Brāļu kapi”
  • Latvian: “Rīgas Brāļu kapu memoriālais ansamblis”
  • Lithuanian: “Brolių kapai”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Brødrekirkegården (Riga)”
  • Norwegian: “Brødrekirkegården”
  • Polish: “Cmentarz Braterski w Rydze”
  • Polish: “Cmentarz Braterski”
  • Romanian: “Cimitirul Fraților din Riga”
  • Russian: “Братское кладбище (Рига)”
  • Russian: “Братское кладбище”
  • Russian: “Рижское Братское кладбище”
  • Spanish: “Cementerio de los Hermanos”
  • Swedish: “Brödernas begravningsplats”
  • Tatar: “Рига бертуганнар зираты”
  • Ukrainian: “Братське кладовище”
  • Ukrainian: “Братський цвинтар (Рига)”

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