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"A Story About Cats"
As the story of the building goes, it once belonged to a rich Latvian merchant who was excluded from the Great Guild. He ordered two cat sculptures to be placed on the summits of the house towers with their raised tails facing the Great Guild in order to discomfit his opposers. After a lengthy court battle, the disagreement was resolved, the sculptures had to be refixed, facing the opposite direction and the owner of the house was admitted to the Guild. The house was built in the year 1909 by renowned architect Friedrich Scheffel who lent his signature Riga-style Art Nouveau designs to its exteriors.
Meistaru iela 19, Riga, Latvia, LV-1050
"A Story About Cats"
As the story of the building goes, it once belonged to a rich Latvian merchant who was excluded from the Great Guild. He ordered two cat sculptures to be placed on the summits of the house towers with their raised tails facing the Great Guild in order to discomfit his opposers. After a lengthy court battle, the disagreement was resolved, the sculptures had to be refixed, facing the opposite direction and the owner of the house was admitted to the Guild. The house was built in the year 1909 by renowned architect Friedrich Scheffel who lent his signature Riga-style Art Nouveau designs to its exteriors.
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