Monument to the First Latvian Theatre in Kronvalds Park Add an Object

Monument to the First Latvian Theatre in Kronvalds Park, Riga.Author: Oļegs Skarainis. A granite block with an engraved text: "The beginning of Latvian theatre. Turnhalle. 1868" (the first theatre performance in Latvian language in Riga took place on June 2, 1868, in the gymnastics hall of the German Rifleman Society built in the Rifleman's Garden - amateur actors performed Ludvig Holberg's comedy "Jeppe of the Hill" localized by Aleksandrs Johans Stenders with the Latvian title - "Žūpu Bērtulis"). Unveiled on the 125th anniversary of the Riga Latvian Theatre on June 2, 1993, in the current location of Kronvalds Park, where the Latvian troupe first performed theatre.