Brethren 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: Cemetery
  • Description: cemetery in Riga, Latvia
  • Also known as: “Brothers‘ Cemetery” and “Brothers’ Cemetery”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rainis cemetery and Forest Cemetery.

Cemetery
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is situated 220 metres south of Brethren Cemetery.

Cemetery
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is an 85 hectares large cemetery in the northwestern part of , the capital of , between the neighbourhoods of and . is situated 350 metres northeast of Brethren 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 Brethren Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Čiekurkalns and Brasa.

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 of , the capital of .

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood of , .

Brethren Cemetery

Latitude
56.98746° or 56° 59′ 15″ north
Longitude
24.14448° or 24° 8′ 40″ east
Open location code
9G86X4PV+XQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1563445798
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­cemetery
Wiki­data ID
Q996777
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Brethren 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”
  • 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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