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St.Peter's Church
The first time was in 1297. During the fight with the Livonian order the townspeople took down the tower and used its platform as a place, from where to bombard the Wittenstein castle. Some scientists guess that the tower was from wood and it was freestanding, that means there were no nails in the tower. In 1491 the church was completely reconstructed. The architects put on the first cock and the high of the tower was 137 meters.
The second time was in 1666. In early spring architects noticed that in the St. Peter’s church tower’s wall appeared some splits. The ceiling vault opened in 3 places, through which could see the sky. And few days after that the cock with its decoration ball fell down. After an inspection the scientists discovered that the reason why the cock fell down was because the tower’s basics were built on sands, not on a pile foundation. …
It is one of the most beautiful and significant churches in Riga and the Baltic states. It is 121 meters high and it is located in the historical center of Riga, which on 4th of December in 1997 was incorporate in UNESCO world’s cultural heritage list. The first documental evidence of the existence of the church is dated by 1209. Possibly the church was from wood, but the scientists argue about that. Since ancient times the church belonged to townspeople, but there were also Dome’s cathedral, which belonged to the bishop, and Jura Church, which belonged to the Livonian order. Day and night in the tower of the church standed two guards, who was hired by the city. Their duty was to warn the city, if there were some danger, for example, the guards blowed trumpets, when they saw a fire. From 1701 until 1773 there were buried 3576 people. Every graveyard carries some bad spirits, so carried also St. Peter’s church. And the next accident happened after almost 221 years. In 1941. The war. What is interesting about these number- 3576 and 221. 3-5=2; 5-7=2; 7-6=1. The years until the next accident are similar to the dead people number before the accident. Again some bad spirits, so I can predict that there will be a disaster with St. Peter’s church again, but I wish it won’t come true and the church would exist forever.
