Forest Cemetery

Forest Cemetery is an 85 hectares large cemetery in the northwestern part of , the capital of , between the neighbourhoods of and .
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Cemetery
  • Description: cemetery in Riga, Latvia
  • Also known as: “Forest Cemetery, Riga” and “Meža kapi”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Brethren Cemetery and Rainis cemetery.

Cemetery
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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 . is situated 350 metres southwest of Forest Cemetery.

Cemetery
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is situated 500 metres southwest of Forest Cemetery.

Railway station
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Station is a railway station on the Zemitāni–Skulte Railway, in neighbourhood of , Latvia. is situated 1 km northwest of Forest Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Čiekurkalns and Sarkandaugava.

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
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is a neighbourhood of , .

Suburb
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is a of , the capital of .

Forest Cemetery

Latitude
56.98868° or 56° 59′ 19″ north
Longitude
24.14978° or 24° 8′ 59″ east
Inception
July 29th, 1910
Open location code
9G86X4QX+FW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1563445797
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­cemetery
Wiki­data ID
Q2564167
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Welsh—“Forest Cemetery” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Անտառային գերեզմանատուն”
  • Azerbaijani: “Riqa Meşə qəbiristanlığı”
  • Belarusian: “Лясныя могілкі”
  • Belarusian: “Рыжскія лясныя могілкі”
  • Catalan: “Cementiri del Bosc de Riga”
  • Czech: “Rižský lesní hřbitov”
  • Danish: “Mezakirkegården”
  • Danish: “Mežakirkegården”
  • Estonian: “Riia metsakalmistu”
  • Finnish: “Riikan metsäkalmisto”
  • French: “Cimetière boisé de Riga”
  • French: “Cimetière boisé”
  • French: “Cimetière de la forêt”
  • Galician: “Cemiterio do Bosque de Riga”
  • German: “Waldfriedhof”
  • Greek: “δασικό νεκροταφείο της Ρίγας”
  • Hebrew: “ריגס מז’ה קאפי”
  • Hungarian: “Rigai erdei temető”
  • Latvian: “1. Meža kapi”
  • Latvian: “2. Meža kapi”
  • Latvian: “Rīgas I Meža kapi”
  • Latvian: “Rīgas II Meža kapi”
  • Latvian: “Rīgas Meža kapi”
  • Lithuanian: “Rīgas Meža kapi”
  • Lithuanian: “Rygos Miško kapinės”
  • Maltese: “Ċimiterju tal-Bosk ta‘ Riga”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mežakirkegården”
  • Polish: “Cmentarz Leśny w Rydze”
  • Polish: “Cmentarz”
  • Portuguese: “Rīgas Meža kapi”
  • Romanian: “Cimitirul Pădurii din Riga”
  • Russian: “Лесное кладбище”
  • Russian: “Рижское лесное кладбище”
  • Spanish: “Cementerio del Bosque de Riga”
  • Swedish: “Rigas skogskyrkogård”
  • Tatar: “Урман зираты”
  • Ukrainian: “Лісовий цвинтар (Рига)”
  • Ukrainian: “Лісовий цвинтар”
  • Welsh: “Rīgas Meža kapi”

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