Powder Tower

The Powder Tower is situated in , Latvia, and originally a part of the defensive system of the . The current Powder Tower was built in 1650 and renovated in the years 1937 to 1940 when it was added to the structure of the Latvian War Museum.
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  • Tower
  • …is also known as “Powder Tower, Riga”
  • …dates from 1650
  • …stands 37 metres (121 feet) tall
  • Description: tower in Riga, Latvia

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Swedish Gate and Riga Cathedral.
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The is situated in , , and was… is situated 140 metres west of Powder Tower.
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formally The Cathedral Church of Saint… is situated 330 metres southwest of Powder Tower.
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The House of the Blackheads is a building situated in the of , . is situated 470 metres south of Powder Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bastion Hill and Vecrīga.
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Bastejkalns Park is a spacious park on the northern edge of the of capital .
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Old Riga — in Latvian — is the old town of .
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is a district in , right northeast of the .

Powder Tower

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Latitude
56.95122° or 56° 57′ 4″ north
Longitude
24.10868° or 24° 6′ 31″ east
Open location code
9G86X425+FF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 45018613
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­tower
Wiki­data ID
Q186097

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Powder Tower” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “برج باودر (ريغا)”
  • Arabic: “برج باودر”
  • Belarusian: “Парахавая вежа”
  • Catalan: “Torre de la pólvora”
  • Catalan: “Torre de la Pólvora”
  • Chinese: “火药塔 (里加)”
  • Chinese: “火药塔”
  • Croatian: “Barutna kula u Rigi”
  • Czech: “Prašná věž”
  • Danish: “Krudttårnet (Riga)”
  • Danish: “Krudttårnet”
  • Dutch: “Kruittoren (Riga)”
  • Dutch: “Kruittoren”
  • French: “tour Poudrière de Riga”
  • French: “Tour Poudrière de Riga”
  • French: “Tour poudrière”
  • German: “Pulverturm (Riga)”
  • German: “Pulverturm”
  • Greek: “Πύργος της Πυρίτιδας (Ρίγα)”
  • Greek: “Πύργος της Πυρίτιδας”
  • Hungarian: “Lőportorony (Riga)”
  • Hungarian: “Lőportorony”
  • Latvian: “Pulvertornis (Rīga)”
  • Latvian: “Pulvertornis”
  • Lithuanian: “Parako bokštas”
  • Polish: “Baszta Prochowa w Rydze”
  • Russian: “Пороховая башня (Рига)”
  • Russian: “Пороховая башня”
  • Serbian: “Барутна кула”
  • Swedish: “Kruttornet, Riga”
  • Swedish: “Kruttornet”
  • Ukrainian: “Порохова вежа (Рига)”
  • Ukrainian: “Порохова вежа”

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