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Jurmala town cultural and natural heritage

Latvia (Europe and North America)

Date of Submission: 03/01/2005
Criteria: (ii)(iv)(vi)
Category: Cultural
Submission prepared by:
The State Inspection for Heritage Protection M. Pils street 19, Riga LV 1050, Latvia
Coordinates:
56° N / 24°E 30 km west from Riga, on the coast of the Riga gulf
Ref.: 395

Description

The town of Jurmala flattens to the coastline of Riga gulf for 30 km. Its structure consists of three former towns (Riga Jurmala, Sloka and Kemeri), that were united in 1959. The territory has intensively developed since the middle of the 19.century due to essential natural values - coastline of Riga gulf and beach, pine tree wood between the sea and river Lielupe, medical mud and mineral water found in the ponds of Kemeri. The unification of these components has served as a basis for acknowledgement of Jurmala as climatological and balneological resort, attractive relaxation and cure place. Till the beginning of 2l.century the town has preserved approx. 4000 buildings belonging to the historical construction of the town. The constructions include outstanding examples of different styles - from the classicism of the 19th century till the modernism of the first part of the 20th century. Most of the buildings are wooden summer-houses and residential houses as well ass pa-resort public buildings. Since 1871 the main means of transportation is train, remaining the station buildings of the late 19th century and early 20th century. The territory proposed for inclusion in the World Heritage Tentative list is the Eastern part of the town -from the mouth of the river Lielupe till the territory of former fishermen village in Dubulti that for the first time was mentioned in historical sources in 16th century. Here the distance between the river Lielupe and the sea is 500 metres. Besides the significant natural values in the Eastern part of the town, there are two territories of urban construction monuments of state significance and three territories of urban construction monuments of local significance, as well as monuments of art and history.