Ziemeļblāzma Culture Palace in Vecmīlgrāvis grew from a community’s commitment to education, art and temperance. Built after its predecessor was burned in 1906, the 1913 building and surrounding park continue to host cultural life.
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The name Ziemeļblāzma means northern lights. In Riga’s Vecmīlgrāvis neighbourhood it belongs to a culture palace and park created for a community that wanted education, music and theatre within reach of everyday life. Its present building was born from the destruction of an earlier one.
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- The first society house was burned by a tsarist punitive expedition in 1906.
- The present culture palace was opened for public use in 1913.
- Timber industrialist Augusts Dombrovskis supported the society and its park.
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